Claim · #6493151
Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum · pathogen pressure · Juglans cinerea
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“about 80% of the butternut trees in the southeast had been killed by the mid-1990s”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum is the confirmed causal agent of butternut canker; ~80% southeastern mortality by mid-1990s is consistent with documented literature on this disease.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum is the confirmed causal agent of butternut canker on Juglans cinerea; ~80% southeastern mortality by mid-1990s aligns with documented literature.”
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