Claim · #6495230
Magnaporthe oryzae · pathogen pressure · Oryza sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the most destructive disease of rice worldwide”
- Authors
- Dean R., van Kan J.A.L., Pretorius Z.A., Hammond-Kosack K.E., Di Pietro A., Spanu P.D., Rudd J.J., Dickman M., Kahmann R., Ellis J., Foster G.D.
- Year
- 2012
- Publication
- Molecular Plant Pathology
- Page
- 416
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Magnaporthe oryzae causing rice blast is the most economically significant rice disease globally; affects foliar tissue and panicle (neck blast); 10-30% loss range is consistent with literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Rice blast by M. oryzae is canonical; foliar and panicle/neck blast both well-documented, with neck blast causing severe yield loss; matches Agrios and source quote.”
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