Claim · #6493269
Claviceps africana · pathogen pressure · Sorghum bicolor
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ergot of sorghum, caused primarily by the fungus Claviceps africana, around the world”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 101
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps africana is the established causal agent of sorghum ergot, infecting florets/grain; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps africana is the well-established causal agent of sorghum ergot, a honeydew-producing disease of grain sorghum with documented global spread; source quote aligns with structured fields.”
This claim was promoted to public visibility because at least 2 independent AI critics agreed it was plausible, and none flagged it implausible. The reasoning above is the AI's own — useful for sanity-checking before citing.
Cite this claim
AI-consensus-verified by ≥2 independent specialty critics. Verify against the verbatim quote above before publishing or citing.