Claim · #6494579
Beet yellows virus · pathogen pressure · Beta vulgaris
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“the aphid-transmitted beet yellows virus, citrus tristeza virus”
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- Unknown
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 775
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“BYV is a well-established closterovirus, aphid-transmitted, causing significant phloem/leaf damage in Beta vulgaris globally; source quote corroborates aphid transmission and closterovirus family placement.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Beet yellows virus (BYV) is a well-established closterovirus, aphid-transmitted (primarily Myzus persicae), causing significant phloem-associated yellowing and yield loss in Beta vulgaris globally; no eponymous conflation issue here.”
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