Claim · #6735617
Cercospora citrullina · pathogen pressure · Luffa aegyptiaca
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sponge Gourd Cercospora citrullina Cercospora leaf spot”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 53
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cercospora citrullina is a recognized cucurbit foliar pathogen; sponge gourd (Luffa) is a cucurbit, so leaf-spot host record in tropical Guam is biologically reasonable.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cercospora citrullina is a documented cucurbit leaf-spot pathogen affecting Luffa and other Cucurbitaceae; direction and leaf affected_part match standard pathology.”
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