Claim · #6493756
Ustilago maydis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Corn ear and tassel showing numerous small galls...corn smut fungus Ustilago maydis”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 196
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ustilago maydis is a well-established basidiomycete pathogen of Zea mays causing galls on ears and tassels via IAA overproduction; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ustilago maydis is the well-established basidiomycete pathogen of Zea mays causing smut galls on ears/tassels; IAA-mediated gall induction is documented in literature.”
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