Claim · #6492226
Circulifer tenellus · pest pressure · Beta vulgaris
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“transmitted by leaf hoppers from surrounding desert vegetation”
- Authors
- Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Cambridge University Press
- Page
- 76
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Circulifer tenellus is the well-documented vector of Beet curly top virus in western USA, migrating from desert host plants to sugarbeet — consistent with source quote and all structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Circulifer tenellus is the established vector of Beet curly top virus (BCTV) in western USA, and desert-plant reservoirs driving epidemics in sugarbeet is well-documented.”
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