Claim · #6493270
Fusarium spp. · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Infection of crown and roots of corn plant with the fungus Fusarium”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Fusarium spp. causing crown and root rot on Zea mays is well-documented globally; source quote directly supports affected_part and organism_type fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Fusarium spp. are well-established fungal pathogens causing crown and root rot in Zea mays; source quote directly supports structured fields with no direction or taxonomic errors.”
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