Claim · #6495237
Puccinia graminis · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“race Ug99, now posing a serious challenge to wheat production”
- 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
- 415
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici is the canonical wheat stem rust; Ug99 is a well-documented virulent race threatening global wheat. Source quote supports the assertion.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. graminis f. sp. tritici causes black stem rust on wheat; Ug99 (TTKSK lineage) is widely documented as a major emerging threat. Stem/leaves affected parts correct.”
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