Claim · #6494699
Phytomonas francai · pathogen pressure · Manihot esculenta
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“empty root disease was observed affecting certain cultivars of cassava”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phytomonas spp. (trypanosomatids) infecting laticifer ducts of Manihot esculenta causing 'empty root disease' in Brazil is a documented plant-pathogenic protist interaction consistent with known Phytomonas biology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytomonas francai (trypanosomatid) infecting cassava laticifers causing 'empty root disease' in Brazil is a documented, biologically consistent host-pathogen association in the literature.”
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