Colletotrichum gloeosporioides · pathogen pressure · Dioscorea spp.

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose/dieback on Dioscorea spp. in humid West African conditions with up to ~80% yield loss is well-documented in plant pathology literature; all fields are consistent.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing yam anthracnose in West Africa with severe yield losses is well-documented; 80% depression is extreme but cited in literature for susceptible cultivars under humid conditions.”

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