Claim · #6495783
Ustilago maydis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Symptoms can develop on all above-ground parts of maize plants in 5-6 days”
- 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
- 424
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ustilago maydis is the well-known causal agent of corn smut on Zea mays; classification and direction correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ustilago maydis is a basidiomycete pathogen of maize causing smut galls on aerial tissues; matches structured fields.”
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