Claim · #6494321
Discula destructiva · pathogen pressure · Cornus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“dogwood tree mortality increased from 0 to 17% between 1988 and 1992”
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- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 500
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Discula destructiva is the confirmed fungal cause of dogwood anthracnose; documented high mortality in eastern US forests aligns with source quote's 0–17% mortality in Maryland 1988–1992.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Discula destructiva is the confirmed fungal cause of dogwood anthracnose; documented mortality rates of ~17% in eastern US (including Maryland) during late 1980s–early 1990s align with published outbreak records.”
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