Claim · #6494557
European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma · pathogen pressure · Prunus armeniaca
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“It causes serious disease on apricot, peach, and Japanese plum”
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- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 697
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma is well-documented as a severe pathogen of Prunus armeniaca in Europe; source quote directly supports the crop-pathogen association.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“European stone fruit yellows (ESFY) phytoplasma is a well-documented Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum pathogen causing lethal decline in Prunus armeniaca; rapid tree death in young apricots is consistent with literature.”
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