Claim · #6495315
Aspergillus flavus · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aflatoxins produced primarily by Aspergillus flavus and other fungi”
- Authors
- Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aspergillus flavus aflatoxin contamination on maize in East Africa is a well-documented food-security and health concern; growth stunting and hepatocellular carcinoma links are established.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. flavus is the canonical aflatoxin producer on maize; postharvest grain colonization is biologically correct. Source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
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