Claim · #6496050
Pseudoperonospora cubensis · pathogen pressure · Momordica charantia
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“small angular and yellowish to pale green lesions coalesce into large spots”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Bitter Gourd Variety Field Trials
- Authors
- Dhillon N.P.S., Lin L.-J., Srimat S., Laenoi S., Ramasamy S., Kenyon L., Sheu Z.-M., Mecozzi M.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center publication #17-820
- Page
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pseudoperonospora cubensis is the cucurbit downy mildew pathogen; bitter gourd (Momordica) is a known host with angular yellow lesions matching.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. cubensis on Momordica charantia is well-documented; angular vein-bounded lesions with abaxial sporulation are canonical downy mildew symptoms.”
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