Claim · #6493701
Bipolaris maydis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Southern corn leaf blight was the result of widespread use of corn hybrids containing the Texas male-sterile cytoplasm.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 172
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bipolaris maydis Race T exploiting T-cytoplasm uniformity in 1970 US maize crop is a well-documented historical case; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Bipolaris maydis race T's 1970 epidemic caused by T-cytoplasm uniformity is well-documented historical fact; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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