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Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis · pathogen pressure · Zea mays

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Goss's wilt, Clavibacter michiganensis ssp. nebraskensis”
Source
sundin_bacterial_disease_management_2016.pdf
Page
1507

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Goss's wilt of corn caused by Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis is a documented US Corn Belt disease; debris-survival and alternate-host (grass) reservoirs are consistent with epidemiology literature.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis (now Clavibacter nebraskensis under recent revision) is the correct agent of Goss's wilt/blight of corn. Vascular + foliar symptomology and debris survival are standard. Minor: 'sweet corn' narrows hosts unnecessarily (field corn also affected).”

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