Claim · #6493142
Diptera (order) · pathogen pressure · Prunus avium
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Common flies help spread fruit diseases such as brown rot of cherries”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diptera as mechanical vectors of Monilinia spp. spores to Prunus avium is biologically consistent; flies visiting damaged or infected fruit can transfer conidia, a recognized dispersal pathway.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Diptera vectoring Monilinia spp. spores to Prunus avium fruit is biologically documented; eponymous-pathogen check clear, direction correct.”
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