Claim · #6493859
Cryphonectria parasitica · pathogen pressure · Castanea dentata
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“chestnut blight... have threatened to eliminate certain plant species from entire continents”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 266
AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cryphonectria parasitica is a well-documented ascomycete fungal pathogen that devastated Castanea dentata across North America; continental elimination framing matches historical record.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cryphonectria parasitica as a catastrophic fungal pathogen of Castanea dentata stem/bark is well-documented; source quote and all structured fields are consistent.”
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