Claim · #6492092
Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“destruction of millions of tons of wheat in the midwestern states in 1953 and 1954 by race 15B of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 61
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Race 15B of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici causing severe wheat stem rust epidemics in US Midwest ca. 1953–54 is historically well-documented; all structured fields align with source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Race 15B of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici caused historically documented catastrophic wheat stem rust epidemics in the US Great Plains in 1953–1954; taxonomy, host, and severity are consistent.”
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