Claim · #6492225
Curtovirus spp. · pathogen pressure · Beta vulgaris
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“curly top virus transmitted by leaf hoppers reduced sucrose yields by half”
- Authors
- Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Cambridge University Press
- Page
- 76
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Curtovirus (curly top virus) vectored by beet leafhopper (Circulifer tenellus) devastating western US sugarbeet is well-documented historical fact consistent with source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Curtovirus (BCTV) infecting Beta vulgaris via Circulifer tenellus leafhoppers, causing severe yield losses in western US sugarbeet industry, is well-documented historical fact consistent with the source quote.”
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