Claim · #6493248
Ustilago scitaminea · pathogen pressure · Saccharum officinarum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“rapid spread of sugarcane smut…from its first sighting in Guyana in 1974”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ustilago scitaminea causing smut on Saccharum officinarum with airborne teliospore dispersal enabling rapid regional spread is well-documented; 1974 Guyana origin and Caribbean/Americas spread timeline is historically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ustilago scitaminea is the correct smut pathogen of Saccharum officinarum; airborne teliospore dispersal causing rapid regional spread matches known epidemiology of sugarcane smut in the Americas post-1974.”
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