Claim · #6734842
Phytophthora sp. · pathogen pressure · Theobroma cacao
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cacao Black Pod ... Begin applications at the start of the rainy season”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 55
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Black pod of cacao is caused by Phytophthora spp. (P. palmivora, P. megakarya); rainy-season spray timing aligns with oomycete epidemiology; classification consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phytophthora black pod is the most economically important cacao disease globally; oomycete pathogen, rainy-season-driven epidemiology; pathogen_organism_type fungi acceptable (oomycete commonly grouped).”
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