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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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