Claim · #6494555
Cuscuta spp. · pathogen pressure · various herbaceous crops
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Dodder may also serve as a bridge for transmission of viruses”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 707
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cuscuta as a viral bridge vector between connected hosts is well-documented in plant pathology literature; the source quote directly supports the mechanism and effect_direction.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cuscuta spp. as a viral transmission bridge via haustorial connections to multiple hosts is well-documented in plant virology literature.”
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