Claim · #6494691
Phytomonas spp. · pathogen pressure · Cocos nucifera
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Trees infected with hartrot die within one to a few months”
- Authors
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 880
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytomonas spp. causing hartrot in coconut palms via pentatomid vectors (Lincus/Ochlerus) with rapid mortality is well-documented; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytomonas spp. causing hartrot in coconut palms via phloem plugging, transmitted by pentatomid bugs (Lincus, Ochlerus), with rapid host death, is well-documented in Suriname and South America.”
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