Claim · #6735467
Phellinus noxius · pathogen pressure · Persea americana
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Phellinus noxius — Black sock, Brown root-rot (Avocado)”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 32
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Phellinus noxius is a well-documented tropical brown root rot pathogen on woody perennials including avocado; Guam tropical context fits.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Phellinus noxius causes brown root rot (black sock disease) on avocado and many tropical trees; classification and affected-part correct.”
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