Claim · #6496019
Helminthosporium turcicum · pathogen pressure · Zea mays
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Helminthosporium turcicum ... Zea mays”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 17
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Helminthosporium turcicum (Exserohilum/Setosphaeria turcica) is the established cause of northern corn leaf blight; pathogen-host direction correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Northern corn leaf blight on Zea mays is a well-documented foliar fungal disease; classification and direction correct.”
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