Claim · #6492560
Aphididae (family) · pathogen pressure · multiple crop plants
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“they are the most important vectors of plant viruses, most of which cause mosaic symptoms”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 113
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphids as primary plant virus vectors causing mosaic symptoms is well-established across IPM and plant pathology literature; interaction_type and effect_direction are consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Aphids as primary plant-virus vectors causing mosaic symptoms is well-established plant pathology; source quote directly supports the structured fields with no eponymous conflation.”
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