Claim · #6494605
Lettuce infectious yellows virus · pathogen pressure · Beta vulgaris
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“lettuce... sugar beet, carrot, cantaloupe, melon, squash”
- Authors
- Unknown
- Year
- Unknown
- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 778
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“LIYV (Crinivirus, whitefly-vectored) has a broad host range including Beta vulgaris; the source quote listing sugar beet as a host supports the structured fields.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“LIYV (Crinivirus, Closteroviridae) is a known whitefly-transmitted pathogen with a broad host range including Beta vulgaris and causes yellowing/stunting symptoms consistent with the claim.”
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