Claim · #6495744
Monilochaetes infuscans · pathogen pressure · Ipomoea batatas
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“asexual fungus Monilochaetes infuscans include black blotches on stem tissue”
- Source
- Sweetpotato Production Guides for Hawai'i
- Authors
- Valenzuela, Hector; Fukuda, Steven; Arakaki, Alton
- Year
- 1994
- Publication
- CTAHR Research Extension Series 146
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Monilochaetes infuscans is the documented scurf pathogen of sweetpotato affecting stems near soil and storage roots.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Monilochaetes infuscans causes sweetpotato scurf, a superficial fungal disease; entity classification correct.”
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