Claim · #6494255
Claviceps purpurea · pathogen pressure · Poaceae (family)
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Claviceps, C. purpurea causing ergot of grain crops, which is poisonous to humans and animals”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 394
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea is a well-established ascomycete pathogen causing ergot on wheat grain, producing toxic ergot alkaloids; source quote directly supports all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea is the well-established ascomycete cause of ergot on wheat/grasses, replacing grain with sclerotia containing toxic ergot alkaloids; all structured fields are consistent.”
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