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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