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Fusarium graminearum · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“F. graminearum causing significant damage predominantly to cereals”
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

    “Fusarium graminearum as the principal cereal head-blight pathogen on wheat is canonical; fungus + crop classifications correct.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “F. graminearum is the established causal agent of Fusarium head blight (scab) on wheat; affected_part 'head and grain' matches disease biology.”

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