Claim · #6494582
Citrus tristeza virus · pathogen pressure · Citrus paradisi
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Tristeza-infected grapefruit tree showing extensive stem pitting in its trunk”
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- Unknown
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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- 775
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“CTV stem-pitting strains are well-documented to severely affect grapefruit quality and trunk integrity; source quote corroborates trunk pitting, consistent with 'trunk, fruit' affected_part.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“CTV stem-pitting strains are well-documented causes of trunk pitting, stunting, and poor fruit quality in grapefruit; no eponymous conflation or direction error present.”
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