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Claim · #6734835

Alternaria sp. · pathogen pressure · Carica papaya

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Papaya Alternaria Fruit Spot Anthracnose Stem End Rot”
Authors
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Year
2024
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
Page
51

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Alternaria fruit spot on papaya (typically A. alternata) is a recognized postharvest/field disease in tropical production; Guam tropical climate is consistent. Fruit affected part and pathogen_pressure are appropriate.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Alternaria alternata causes fruit spot/black spot on Carica papaya, particularly on ripening or stressed fruit; pathogenOf relationship and fruit affected part match standard tropical fruit pathology.”

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