Claim · #6495328
Fusarium graminearum · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“FHB/scab (8.75%) in China”
- Authors
- Savary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Page
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Fusarium graminearum causes FHB on wheat heads at anthesis; 8.75% loss in China hotspot is consistent with published Chinese estimates. All classifications correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“F. graminearum infection at wheat anthesis causing FHB is canonical; 8.75% China loss figure aligns with regional Savary-style estimates. Fungal/spike/anthesis fields all correct.”
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