Claim · #6495954
Aspergillus flavus · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aflatoxins produced primarily by Aspergillus flavus and other fungi”
- Authors
- Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aspergillus flavus colonizes maize kernels and produces aflatoxins with documented human health impacts.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. flavus is a recognized aflatoxigenic fungal pathogen of maize kernels; fields consistent with quote.”
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