Claim · #6494545
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus · pathogen pressure · Citrus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“fastidious phloem-limited bacterium Candidatus liberobacter asiaticus in Asia”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 685
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“CLas is a well-established phloem-limited α-proteobacterium causing HLB in citrus across Asia; severity 'very high' and affected parts are consistent with published pathology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“CLas is the well-established causal agent of HLB in Asia; minor spelling variant 'liberobacter' in source quote is a known historical synonym, not a taxonomic error.”
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