Claim · #6735176
Cephaleuros sp. · pathogen pressure · Psidium guajava
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Guava ... Red Algae”
- Authors
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Year
- 2024
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach
- Page
- 157
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cephaleuros (parasitic green alga, not true red algae) commonly causes algal leaf spot on guava in tropics including Guam; common-name mislabel is minor.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Algal leaf spot from Cephaleuros is a well-documented guava leaf disease in humid tropics like Guam; affected_part=leaf is correct.”
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