Claim · #6495471
Goplana dioscoreae · pathogen pressure · Dioscorea alata
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Goplana dioscoreae Fungus Rust”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 58
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Goplana dioscoreae is a documented rust fungus on Dioscorea (yam); foliar rust symptomology matches typical Pucciniales pathology; tropical Guam context appropriate.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Goplana dioscoreae is the recognized rust pathogen of yam (Dioscorea spp.); fungus classification (basidiomycete rust) and foliar symptom correct.”
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