Claim · #6495554
Bipolaris oryzae · pathogen pressure · Oryza sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“1943 Great Bengal Famine due to the fungus Helminthosporium oryzae”
- Source
- Crop pests and pathogens move polewards in a warming world
- Authors
- Bebber D. P., Ramotowski M. A. T., Gurr S. J.
- Year
- 2013
- Publication
- Nature Climate Change
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helminthosporium oryzae (Bipolaris/Cochliobolus oryzae) was implicated in the 1943 Bengal rice famine; synonymy is correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Bipolaris oryzae (syn. Helminthosporium oryzae) causes rice brown spot affecting leaves and grain; Bengal famine attribution well-documented.”
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