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Claim · #6495901

Septoria spp. · pathogen pressure · Triticum aestivum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Septoria spp., and rust fungi, increase with the intensity of crop productivity”
Source
Crop losses to pests
Authors
Oerke E.-C.
Year
2006
Publication
Journal of Agricultural Science
Page
35

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Septoria leaf blotch (Zymoseptoria tritici) is a major foliar wheat pathogen worsening with intensification; classification consistent.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Septoria spp. on wheat (notably Z. tritici, S. nodorum) are economically significant leaf pathogens; fields and direction are correct.”

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