Claim · #6496051
Podosphaera xanthii · pathogen pressure · Momordica charantia
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Severe infection results in leaf drying and death of the plant”
- 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
“Podosphaera xanthii is a well-known cucurbit powdery mildew pathogen causing leaf damage and defoliation.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. xanthii is the dominant cucurbit powdery mildew; symptoms and high impact on bitter gourd are textbook.”
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