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Claim · #6493038

Pseudomonas cepacia · biocontrol · Zea mays

biocontrol · effect: beneficial

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Verbatim source quote

“Pseudomonas cepacia. A potential suppressor of maize soil-borne diseases-seed inoculation and maize root colonization”
Authors
Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
Year
1997
Publication
Westview Press / Routledge
Page
123

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Pseudomonas cepacia (now Burkholderia cepacia) is a well-documented PGPR/biocontrol agent suppressing soil-borne pathogens on maize via root colonization; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Pseudomonas cepacia (now Burkholderia cepacia) is well-documented as a biocontrol agent suppressing soil-borne pathogens via root colonization; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”

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