Claim · #6494491
Pantoea stewartii · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Bacterial wilt (Stewart's disease) of corn caused by Erwinia (Pantoea) stewartii”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pantoea stewartii (syn. Erwinia stewartii) is the well-established causal agent of Stewart's wilt of corn, vectored by Chaetocnema pulicaria; source quote confirms the taxonomy and disease name.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Pantoea stewartii (formerly Erwinia stewartii) is the well-established bacterial cause of Stewart's wilt in corn, vectored by the corn flea beetle (Chaetocnema pulicaria); source quote confirms synonymy.”
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