Claim · #6494324
Claviceps purpurea · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“less often on wheat and certain wild and cultivated grasses”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 501
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea is a well-established fungal pathogen replacing wheat grains with ergot sclerotia; source quote acknowledges wheat as a host, supporting the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Claviceps purpurea infecting Triticum aestivum at flowering, replacing grains with sclerotia, is well-established fungal pathology; source quote's 'less often on wheat' slightly understates wheat susceptibility but doesn't contradict the biology.”
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