Claim · #6496354
Mycosphaerella fijiensis · pathogen pressure · Musa acuminata
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“BANANA, PLANTAINS Black Sigatoka”
- Source
- Pacific Pests and Pathogens — Solomon Islands Farmer Fact Sheets (1-24)
- Authors
- TerraCircle Inc. with Improved Plant Protection in Solomon Islands (IPPSI)
- Year
- 2014
- Publication
- ACIAR / IPPSI / TerraCircle
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Black Sigatoka of banana/plantain is a globally significant foliar disease, present in Solomon Islands. High impact, leaf affected part, and pathogenOf are textbook-consistent for this Musa pathosystem.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Mycosphaerella fijiensis (anamorph Pseudocercospora fijiensis) is the established causal agent of black Sigatoka leaf streak on Musa spp. Leaves as affected part and high impact are well supported in plant pathology literature.”
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