Claim · #6493116
Tilletia spp. · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cover smut or bunt (blast) of wheat caused by the fungus Tilletia”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 12
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tilletia spp. causing bunt/covered smut of wheat kernels is textbook plant pathology; kernel replacement by teliospores is the defining symptom, fully consistent with source quote and structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Tilletia spp. causing bunt/covered smut of wheat kernels is well-established; teliospore replacement of endosperm is the defining pathology. Minor name variant ('Cover' vs 'Covered') is inconsequential.”
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