Claim · #6495313
Fusarium odoratissimum · pathogen pressure · Musa acuminata
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“First report of Fusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 in Cavendish bananas”
- 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
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Fusarium TR4 (F. odoratissimum) on Cavendish banana in Colombia 2019 is well-documented; severity 'catastrophic' fits TR4's threat to global Cavendish monoculture.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“F. odoratissimum (TR4) is the recognized vascular wilt pathogen of Cavendish; 2019 Colombia first report is correct. Vascular system as affected_part matches Fusarium wilt biology.”
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