Claim · #6495311
Hemileia vastatrix · pathogen pressure · Coffea arabica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Coffee yields reduced by 16 to 31% in Central and South America”
- Authors
- Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“16-31% coffee yield reduction from Hemileia vastatrix in Central/South America is consistent with documented post-2012 epidemic; quote supports range exactly.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Hemileia vastatrix yield-loss range (16-31%) for Central/South American coffee aligns with published epidemic data; pathogen classification correct.”
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