Claim · #6493707
Citrus tristeza virus · pathogen pressure · Citrus sinensis
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“tristeza continues to destroy millions of orange trees in South, Central, and North America.”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 172
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Citrus tristeza virus causing severe decline on sour orange rootstocks is well-documented; severity 'high' and whole-plant damage are consistent with the source quote and established CTV biology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) devastation of sour-orange-rootstock trees in the Americas is well-documented historical and ongoing fact; eponymous check passes (virus named for disease, not host).”
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