Claim · #6494595
Bemisia tabaci · pathogen pressure · Lactuca sativa
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Lettuce infectious yellows virus is transmitted by the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 778
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bemisia tabaci is a well-documented vector of Lettuce infectious yellows virus (LIYV, a crinivirus) via semipersistent transmission; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“LIYV (a crinivirus) is a well-documented semipersistent whitefly-transmitted virus; Bemisia tabaci as vector infecting Lactuca sativa is correctly oriented and biologically established.”
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