Claim · #6735505
Asperisporium caricae · pathogen pressure · Carica papaya
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Papaya Asperisporium caricae Leaf spot Black spot”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 48
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Asperisporium caricae is the well-known papaya black-spot fungus, host-specific to Carica papaya; leaf-spot assertion in Guam is consistent with literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Asperisporium caricae is the canonical papaya black-spot pathogen; species epithet 'caricae' confirms host association; leaf-spot symptom matches established pathology.”
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