Claim · #6493324
Claviceps purpurea · pathogen pressure · Hordeum vulgare
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“barley kernels and ergot sclerotia produced by ergot fungus Claviceps purpurea”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 123
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea classically replaces cereal kernels with sclerotia during grain fill; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea classically infects grass/cereal florets during grain fill, replacing kernels with sclerotia — fully consistent with affected_part, growth_stage, and source_quote.”
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