Claim · #6495968
Pathogens and pests (multiple) · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“22.6% (19.5 to 41.4%) in maize”
- Authors
- Savary S., Willocquet L., Pethybridge S. J., Esker P., McRoberts N., Nelson A.
- Year
- 2019
- Publication
- Nature Ecology & Evolution
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“22.6% maize yield loss matches Savary global crop-loss data; source quote directly supports structured fields.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Maize yield-loss range matches published global pest/pathogen impact figures.”
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