Claim · #6493932
Magnaporthe grisea · pathogen pressure · Oryza sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“blasticidin, used against the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Magnaporthe grisea (now M. oryzae) causing rice blast on Oryza sativa is well-established; blasticidin S as a control agent in Japan is historically documented and the source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Magnaporthe oryzae (formerly M. grisea) is the well-established ascomycete causal agent of rice blast; blasticidin is a documented antifungal antibiotic used against it in Japan.”
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