Claim · #6494561
elm yellows phytoplasma · pathogen pressure · Ulmus americana
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Some trees are killed within a few weeks, and most trees that show symptoms in June or July die in a single growing season”
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 697
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Elm yellows phytoplasma (candidatus phytoplasma ulmi) is well-documented as a lethal vascular pathogen of Ulmus americana, vectored by Scaphoideus luteolus, with rapid mortality consistent with the source quote.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Elm yellows phytoplasma (Candidatus Phytoplasma ulmi) vectored by Scaphoideus luteolus causing rapid mortality in U. americana is well-established; source quote supports the high-severity, fast-kill assertion.”
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