Claim · #6493551
Circulifer tenellus · pathogen pressure · Beta vulgaris
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“beet leafhopper vectors a virus that causes curly top disease in several crops”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
- Page
- 356
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Circulifer tenellus is the well-documented vector of Beet curly top virus (BCTV) in sugar beet; source quote, damage_type, and severity align with established IPM literature.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Circulifer tenellus is the well-established vector of Beet curly top virus (BCTV, a curtovirus) in sugar beet; direction, host, and severity are all correct.”
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