Soybean mosaic virus · pathogen pressure · Glycine max

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a well-documented potyvirus causing severe mosaic, seed mottling, and yield loss in Glycine max globally; organism type, severity, and affected parts are all consistent.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) is a well-established potyvirus pathogen of Glycine max causing mosaic, seed mottling, and yield loss globally; subject/object direction is correct with no eponymous conflation.”

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