Claim · #6493772
Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the fungus that causes powdery mildew on wheat (Blumeria graminis f. sp. tritici) does not infect barley”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 208
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Blumeria graminis is strictly host-specific at the forma specialis level; f. sp. tritici infects wheat, f. sp. hordei infects barley — the source quote correctly reflects this well-established formae speciales specialization.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Bgt is a host-specific forma specialis of B. graminis restricted to wheat/Triticum, while barley is infected by f. sp. hordei — source quote correctly states this formae speciales distinction.”
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