Claim · #6494566
Cicadellidae (family) · pathogen pressure · various crops
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“(B) leafhoppers, (C) whiteflies”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 742
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae are well-established vectors of rhabdoviruses, phytoplasmas (mollicutes), and other plant pathogens; the biological claim is sound even though the source quote is fragmentary.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Cicadellidae are well-established vectors of plant rhabdoviruses and mollicutes (phytoplasmas) via persistent transmission; mechanism and direction are correct.”
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