Claim · #6493321
Maize streak virus · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“stunting caused by the maize streak virus on corn”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 122
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Maize streak virus (MSV, genus Mastrevirus) is a well-documented pathogen of Zea mays causing stunting and streaking; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Maize streak virus (genus Mastrevirus, family Geminiviridae) is a well-documented pathogen of Zea mays causing streaking and stunting; subject/object direction is correct with no eponymous conflation issue.”
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.