Claim · #6493746
Cochliobolus carbonum · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Northern corn leaf spot symptoms caused by the fungus Cochliobolus carbonum and its toxin, HC toxin”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 195
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus carbonum (anamorph Helminthosporium carbonum) is a well-established corn leaf pathogen producing HC toxin; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus carbonum (race 1) is the well-established causal agent of northern corn leaf spot, and HC toxin (a cyclic tetrapeptide HDAC inhibitor) is its characterized virulence factor suppressing host defenses.”
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