Claim · #6493717
Cochliobolus spp. · pathogen pressure · Saccharum officinarum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“increased resistance to disease caused by Cochliobolus and Ustilago were obtained from tissue cultures of sugar cane.”
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 169
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus spp. causing leaf blight on sugarcane is well-documented; the source quote supports resistance from tissue culture, consistent with somaclonal variation literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus spp. as a fungal leaf pathogen of sugarcane is well-documented; source quote directly supports the structured claim of tissue-culture-derived disease resistance.”
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