Claim · #6495231
Magnaporthe oryzae · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“New wheat strains have emerged in South America”
- 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
“Wheat blast (M. oryzae Triticum pathotype) emerged in Brazil in 1985 and threatens global wheat; head/heading-stage infection is the characteristic damage; regional context Brazil is correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Wheat blast caused by M. oryzae Triticum (MoT) lineage is well-documented in South America with Bangladesh outbreak; head blast at heading is the canonical symptom; claim accurate.”
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