Claim · #6496309
Ascochyta rabiei · pathogen pressure · Cicer arietinum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“blight of chickpea caused by Ascochyta rabiei was imported into the U.S. Pacific states and Australia”
- Source
- Plant Disease: A Threat to Global Food Security
- Authors
- Strange R.N., Scott P.R.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- Annual Review of Phytopathology
- Page
- 98
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Ascochyta blight of chickpea caused by A. rabiei is a major seedborne foliar disease; introduction to US Pacific Northwest and Australia via infected seed is historically documented.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“A. rabiei (teleomorph Didymella rabiei) is the canonical agent of chickpea ascochyta blight; seedborne transmission and introduction to US/Australia are well-attested. Affected_part=foliage correct.”
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