Claim · #6495433
Phomopsis vexans · pathogen pressure · Solanum melongena
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phomopsis blight on eggplant foliage … occurs year-round on Guam”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phomopsis vexans (now Diaporthe vexans) on Solanum melongena is canonical eggplant blight; rainy-season severity matches tropical disease ecology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phomopsis vexans is the established causal agent of Phomopsis blight/fruit rot on eggplant; foliage/fruit/stem affection and humid-season severity correct.”
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