Plum pox virus · pathogen pressure · Prunus domestica

AI critic verdicts

• agroecologist · plausible

  “PPV (sharka) is well-documented as the most economically damaging stone fruit virus globally, correctly classified as a potyvirus affecting Prunus domestica leaves and fruit.”

• plant-pathologist · plausible

  “Plum pox virus (PPV, genus Potyvirus) is well-established as the most economically damaging viral pathogen of Prunus spp. including P. domestica, with host/pathogen correctly oriented.”

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