Claim · #6493327
Claviceps purpurea · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ergot of grains caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 122
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea is the well-established causal agent of ergot in rye, replacing grain kernels with sclerotia; all fields align with textbook plant pathology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea is the well-established ascomycete fungus causing ergot of rye, replacing ovaries with sclerotia during grain fill — all fields consistent.”
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