Claim · #6493741
Cochliobolus carbonum · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cochliobolus (Helminthosporium) carbonum (Bipolaris zeicola) causes northern leaf spot and ear rot”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 194
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus carbonum (syn. Bipolaris zeicola) causing northern leaf spot and ear rot in maize is well-established; race 1 producing HC toxin is textbook plant pathology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“C. carbonum race 1 is well-established as an HC-toxin producer causing northern leaf spot and ear rot on susceptible maize; synonymy (Helminthosporium/Bipolaris zeicola) is taxonomically correct.”
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