Claim · #6493117
Ustilago spp. · pathogen pressure · Hordeum vulgare
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Loose smut (blast) of (A) barley and (B) wheat caused by the fungus Ustilago sp.”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 12
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ustilago nuda is the accepted causal agent of loose smut of barley; fungal pathogen of grain/kernels is taxonomically and biologically correct.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ustilago nuda causes loose smut of barley; fungal organism type, grain damage, and severity align with established plant pathology knowledge and source quote.”
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