Claim · #6495740
Ceratocystis fimbriata · pathogen pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the fungus Ceratocystis fimbriata...black areas, and circular, depressed, grayish blue lesions”
- Source
- Sweetpotato Production Guides for Hawai'i
- Authors
- Valenzuela, Hector; Fukuda, Steven; Arakaki, Alton
- Year
- 1994
- Publication
- CTAHR Research Extension Series 146
- Page
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ceratocystis fimbriata is the classical black rot pathogen of sweetpotato attacking stems and storage roots.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ceratocystis fimbriata is the textbook causal agent of sweetpotato black rot; classification correct.”
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