Claim · #6493161
Pantoea stewartii · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“corn flea beetle is the main vector of the bacteria causing bacterial wilt of corn”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Chaetocnema pulicaria as primary vector of Pantoea stewartii (Stewart's wilt) in Zea mays is well-established entomological and plant-pathology consensus; interaction_type 'pathogen_pressure' and harmful direction are correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Chaetocnema pulicaria is well-established as the primary vector of Pantoea stewartii (Stewart's wilt) in corn; mechanism, direction, and taxonomy are all correct.”
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