Claim · #6494698
Phytomonas spp. · pathogen pressure · Alpinia purpurata
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“phloem-restricted trypanosomatid protozoa that cause wilt and eventually decay”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytomonas spp. are indeed phloem-restricted trypanosomatid protozoa known to cause wilt and decay in tropical ornamental/crop plants; interaction direction and mechanism are consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytomonas spp. are phloem-restricted plant-pathogenic trypanosomatids known to cause wilt/decay in ornamental and crop plants; infection of Alpinia purpurata in the Caribbean is biologically consistent.”
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