Claim · #6494549
Colladonus spp. · pathogen pressure · Prunus persica
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“transmitted by several species of leafhoppers of the genera Colladonus and Scaphytopius”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 699
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Colladonus and Scaphytopius leafhoppers as vectors of peach X disease phytoplasma is well-documented in US plant pathology literature; mechanism and direction are correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Colladonus and Scaphytopius leafhoppers are well-documented vectors of peach X disease phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni) in North America; direction and mechanism are correct.”
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