Claim · #6493158
Gibberella zeae · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Damaged corn kernels infected heavily with mycotoxin-producing Gibberella fungi”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Gibberella zeae (Fusarium graminearum) is the well-established causal agent of Gibberella ear rot, producing deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) and zearalenone in infected corn kernels; all fields align.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Gibberella zeae (anamorph Fusarium graminearum) is well-established as producing deoxynivalenol (vomitoxin) and zearalenone in infected corn grain, consistent with all structured fields.”
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