Claim · #6495449
Capnodium sp. · pathogen pressure · Mangifera indica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Capnodium sp. … Mangifera indica”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Capnodium sooty mold colonizes honeydew on mango leaves and fruit surfaces; very common low-severity epiphyte worldwide including tropical Guam.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Capnodium sp. as sooty mold on Mangifera indica is canonical — saprophytic on hemipteran honeydew; severity 'low' and surface affect are textbook.”
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