Claim · #6493771
Claviceps purpurea · pathogen pressure · Secale cereale
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“ergot disease of rye caused by the fungus Claviceps purpurea”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 202
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea as the causal agent of ergot on Secale cereale reproductive tissue is well-established; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea as ergot pathogen of Secale cereale is well-established; catalase secretion claim is biologically plausible but not supported by the source quote, which only confirms the disease relationship.”
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