Claim · #6494604
Beet yellows virus · pathogen pressure · Beta vulgaris
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Beet production is reduced drastically, as is sugar content”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 777
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Beet yellows virus (BYV, Closterovirus) is a well-documented phloem pathogen of Beta vulgaris causing yield and sugar content losses; source quote directly supports extracted claim.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Beet yellows virus (Closterovirus) is a well-documented pathogen of Beta vulgaris causing leaf yellowing, reduced photosynthesis, and confirmed yield/sugar losses; no eponymous conflation issue.”
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