Rice hoja blanca virus · pathogen pressure · Oryza sativa

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV, a tenuivirus) is a well-documented, highly destructive rice pathogen in Latin America, consistent with 'very high' severity and South American regional context.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Rice hoja blanca virus (RHBV, a tenuivirus vectored by Tagosodes orizicolus) is a well-documented, historically devastating rice pathogen in Latin America, consistent with 'very high' severity and South American regional context.”

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