Claim · #6492380
Myzus persicae · pest pressure · Beta vulgaris
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“causing reduction in sugar yields by up to 50% in some years”
- Authors
- Dent D.
- Year
- 2000
- Publication
- CABI Publishing
- Page
- 51
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Myzus persicae is the primary vector of Beet yellows virus and Beet mild yellowing virus; 50% yield loss in sugar beet is well-documented in European IPM literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Myzus persicae is the primary vector of Beet yellows virus and Beet mild yellowing virus; 50% yield loss is documented in literature for uncontrolled infections.”
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