Claim · #6495317
Fusarium spp. · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Eighty-seven percent of East Kenyan corn mills had over the legal limit”
- 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
“Fusarium fumonisin contamination of Kenyan maize is well-documented; 87% over-limit figure is consistent with regional surveys.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Fusarium verticillioides/proliferatum produce fumonisins on maize grain; postharvest contamination and regulatory exceedance are biologically and epidemiologically sound.”
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