Claim · #6495327
Puccinia triticina · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“8 (leaf rust, Fusarium head blight, tritici blotch, stripe rust...)”
- Authors
- Savary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Puccinia triticina (leaf rust) is among top global wheat pathogens; >1% global yield loss is conservative and well-supported. Fungal/leaf classifications correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“P. triticina causes wheat leaf rust globally with substantial yield losses (Savary et al. 2019 estimates ~3%). Fungal pathogen of leaves at vegetative-reproductive stage is correct.”
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