Claim · #6494348
Scolytus multistriatus · pathogen pressure · Ulmus americana
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“European elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus) and the native elm bark beetle”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 530
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Scolytus multistriatus as a vector of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi to Ulmus americana is well-established; interaction type, direction, and mechanism are all biologically correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Scolytus multistriatus is a well-established vector of Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, the causal agent of Dutch elm disease, infecting Ulmus americana; direction and mechanism are correct.”
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