Claim · #6494141
Cochliobolus heterostrophus · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“destroyed about 15% of all corn produced in the United States that year”
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AI critic verdicts
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus heterostrophus (anamorph Bipolaris maydis) race T causing the 1970 southern corn leaf blight epidemic with ~15% US crop loss is well-documented historical fact.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cochliobolus heterostrophus (anamorph Bipolaris maydis) race T causing the 1970 southern corn leaf blight epidemic with ~15% US crop loss is well-documented historical fact consistent across plant pathology literature.”
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