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Claim · #6494548

Scaphoideus luteolus · pathogen pressure · Ulmus americana

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“transmitted from diseased to healthy trees by the leafhopper Scaphoideus luteolus”
Authors
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Publication
Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
Page
697

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Scaphoideus luteolus is the well-documented vector of elm yellows phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi) on Ulmus americana; source quote directly supports the interaction direction and mechanism.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Scaphoideus luteolus is the well-established leafhopper vector of elm yellows phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi) in North America; source quote directly supports the structured claim.”

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