Claim · #6492564
Cicadellidae (family) · pathogen pressure · multiple crop plants
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aster yellows, corn stunt, and phloem necrosis of elm”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P.
- Year
- 2002
- Publication
- Prentice Hall / Pearson Education
- Page
- 112
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae are well-documented vectors of aster yellows phytoplasma, corn stunt spiroplasma, and elm phloem necrosis phytoplasma; interaction_type and effect_direction are consistent.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae are well-established vectors of phytoplasmas (aster yellows, corn stunt) and elm phloem necrosis phytoplasma; direction and mechanism are correct.”
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