Phyllosticta maydis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays

AI critic verdicts

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Phyllosticta maydis is the confirmed causal agent of yellow leaf blight of corn, with well-documented heightened susceptibility in Texas (T) cytoplasm maize lines.”

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Phyllosticta maydis is the correct causal agent of yellow leaf blight on Zea mays, with known heightened susceptibility in Texas male-sterile cytoplasm lines; source quote aligns.”

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