AgroEco

Claim · #6492133

Magnaporthe oryzae · pathogen pressure · Oryza sativa

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Enhanced genetic diversity reduced blast incidence by 94% and increased total yields by 89%”
Authors
Rickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F.
Year
2004
Publication
Agronomy Monograph No. 43, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
Page
55

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “The Yunnan rice variety mixture trial (Zhu et al. 2000) is a well-documented agroecological case; 94% blast reduction via diversity is consistent with published findings and source quote.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Magnaporthe oryzae causing rice blast on Oryza sativa is taxonomically correct; the 94% reduction via varietal mixtures in Yunnan is consistent with well-documented Zhu et al. (2000) Science field trials on ~3000+ hectares.”

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