Claim · #6495337
Fusarium graminearum · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Fusarium and Gibberella stalk rots (4.54%) and fall armyworm (4.34%) in USM&C”
- 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 (Gibberella zeae) is the canonical maize stalk-rot pathogen; 4.54% yield loss in USM&C aligns with source quote and known disease impact.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Fusarium graminearum is correctly identified as cause of Gibberella stalk rot; teleomorph/anamorph pairing and stalk affected_part are accurate per Agrios.”
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