Claim · #6494158
Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum · pathogen pressure · Juglans cinerea
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“killed most butternut or white walnut trees throughout their natural range”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 481
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum causing widespread butternut decline across its native range is well-documented; fungus classification, host, severity, and geographic extent are all biologically consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Sirococcus clavigignenti-juglandacearum is the confirmed fungal pathogen of butternut canker, well-documented as having devastated Juglans cinerea populations across its range.”
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