Claim · #6492154
Cowpea mosaic virus · pathogen pressure · Vigna unguiculata
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“cowpea mosaic and chlorotic viruses occurred at lower levels in cowpea intercropped with cassava”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 113
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Intercropping reducing virus incidence via vector dilution/barrier-crop effects is well-documented; source quote directly supports the structured fields and direction.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Intercropping reducing virus incidence via vector dilution/barrier effects is well-documented; source quote directly supports the structured claim for cowpea viruses in cassava/cowpea systems.”
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