Claim · #6493163
Ophiostoma ulmi · pathogen pressure · Ulmus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Dutch elm disease, which is caused by a fungus, would not possibly occur without elm bark beetles”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ophiostoma ulmi causes Dutch elm disease in Ulmus spp., vectored by elm bark beetles (Scolytus/Hylurgopinus); source quote and structured fields are biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ophiostoma ulmi (and O. novo-ulmi) is a well-established vascular wilt fungus vectored by Scolytus and Hylurgopinus elm bark beetles; all structured fields are biologically accurate.”
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