Claim · #6494323
Claviceps africana · pathogen pressure · Sorghum bicolor
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“losses of 10–80%, and sometimes total losses, have been observed”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps africana is a well-documented ergot pathogen of sorghum, with confirmed global spread chronology and documented high losses (10–80%) on male-sterile lines during bloom, consistent with source quote and structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps africana as ergot pathogen of male-sterile sorghum lines with documented 1990s global spread and 10–80% losses is well-supported in phytopathological literature and consistent with the source quote.”
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