AgroEco

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Phytomonas spp. · pathogen pressure · Elaeis guineensis

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“within a few weeks all leaves become ashen gray and dry up and the whole tree dies”
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Year
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Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
881

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Phytomonas spp. causing marchitez sopresiva in oil palm via phloem colonization, transmitted by pentatomid bugs (Lincus, Ochlerus), is well-documented in Colombian agroecology literature; source quote supports rapid fatal decline.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Phytomonas spp. (trypanosomatid protozoa) causing marchitez sopresiva in oil palm via phloem colonization, vectored by Lincus/Ochlerus pentatomids, is well-documented in Colombian literature; rapid wilting matches described syndrome.”

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