AgroEco

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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