Claim · #6495439
Bipolaris maydis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Bipolaris maydis Zea mays”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bipolaris maydis (Cochliobolus heterostrophus) southern corn leaf blight on Zea mays is canonical — caused 1970 US epidemic; tropical Guam occurrence expected.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Bipolaris maydis is the established causal agent of southern corn leaf blight on maize; foliar lesions, high severity in warm-humid climates correct.”
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