Claim · #6492131
Rubus spp. · pest pressure · Vitis vinifera
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“can also enhance abundance of the sharpshooter, which serves as a vector of Pierce's disease”
- Source
- Agroecosystems Analysis
- Authors
- Rickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- Agronomy Monograph No. 43, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
- Page
- 58
AI critic verdicts
- horticulturist · plausible
“Rubus spp. as alternative host enhancing sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) abundance, vectoring Pierce's disease (Xylella fastidiosa) to Vitis vinifera, is well-documented in California viticulture literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Rubus spp. as alternative host for sharpshooter leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) vectoring Xylella fastidiosa (Pierce's disease) in California vineyards is well-documented in IPM literature.”
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