Claim · #6495339
Setosphaeria turcica · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Fusarium and Gibberella stalk rots, fall armyworm, northern leaf blight”
- 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
“Setosphaeria turcica (Exserohilum turcicum) causes northern corn leaf blight, a globally significant maize foliar disease; classification consistent with source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Setosphaeria turcica is the correct teleomorph for northern leaf blight (anamorph Exserohilum turcicum); leaves as affected_part is accurate.”
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