Claim · #6494240
Ophiostoma novo-ulmi · pathogen pressure · Ulmus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Ophiostoma, O. novo-ulmi, causing the Dutch elm disease”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 395
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ophiostoma novo-ulmi is the correct causal agent of Dutch elm disease in Ulmus spp., vectored by Scolytus bark beetles; organism type 'fungus' and 'vascular tissue' damage are accurate.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ophiostoma novo-ulmi is the confirmed fungal (Ascomycete) causal agent of Dutch elm disease, vectored by bark beetles (Scolytus spp.), affecting vascular tissue of Ulmus spp.”
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