Claim · #6493247
Cuscuta spp. · pathogen pressure · Multiple host plants
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“parasitic plants can transmit viruses as they grow and form a bridge”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 99
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cuscuta spp. as a haustorial parasitic bridge transmitting viruses between hosts is well-documented; interaction_type 'pathogen_pressure' and harmful direction are consistent with this mechanism.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cuscuta spp. are well-documented as virus vectors via haustorial bridges; the mechanism and harmful effect direction are biologically supported.”
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