Claim · #6493155
Claviceps purpurea · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wheat, preferred by the rich, is the least frequent host of ergot”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea infecting Triticum aestivum with sclerotia replacing kernels and toxic alkaloids is well-established; rye being the preferred host over wheat is taxonomically and agronomically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea infecting Triticum aestivum is well-established; rye being the preferred host over wheat is textbook knowledge, consistent with the source quote.”
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