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Claim · #6495749

Magnaporthe oryzae · pathogen pressure · Oryza sativa

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Magnaporthe oryzae...is the causal agent of rice blast disease”
Authors
Dean R., van Kan J.A.L., Pretorius Z.A., Hammond-Kosack K.E., Di Pietro A., Spanu P.D., Rudd J.J., Dickman M., Kahmann R., Ellis J., Foster G.D.
Year
2012
Publication
Molecular Plant Pathology
Page
416

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Magnaporthe oryzae causing rice blast is canonical; high-impact foliar/panicle disease worldwide, well-supported.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “M. oryzae is the textbook causal agent of rice blast; affected parts (foliar, panicle) and high impact correctly assigned.”

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