Claim · #6493271
Ustilago maydis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“corn smut caused by Ustilago maydis”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 119
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ustilago maydis is the well-established basidiomycete pathogen causing corn smut on Zea mays; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ustilago maydis is the well-established basidiomycete fungal pathogen of Zea mays causing corn smut; organism_type, damage_type, and source quote are all consistent.”
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