Claim · #6493740
Cochliobolus heterostrophus · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“T toxin, appeared in the United States in 1968. By 1970, it had spread throughout the corn belt”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 194
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“C. heterostrophus race T producing T-toxin targeting Texas male-sterile cytoplasm corn is well-documented; the 1970 US corn belt epidemic aligns with the source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“C. heterostrophus race T producing T-toxin specifically virulent on Texas (T) cytoplasm male-sterile corn is well-documented; 1970 US epidemic matches source quote.”
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