Claim · #6495338
Puccinia polysora · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“southern rust (7.87%) and Fusarium and Gibberella stalk rots (5.84%)”
- 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
“Puccinia polysora (southern rust) is a major maize foliar rust in tropical/subtropical regions including Brazil; 7.87% loss in hotspot region is plausible.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Puccinia polysora correctly identified as southern rust pathogen affecting maize leaves; Brazilian hotspot designation matches known epidemiology.”
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