Claim · #6494619
Tomato ring spot virus · pathogen pressure · Prunus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“prunus stem pitting and decline... general decline and death”
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- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“TomRSV causing Prunus stem pitting and decline in stone fruits is well-documented; 3-5 year mortality timeline and graft-union/whole-tree damage are consistent with known disease progression in the US.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Tomato ringspot virus (TomRSV) is a well-documented nepovirus causing Prunus stem pitting and decline in stone fruits in North America; eponymous conflation is not an issue here as the host is Prunus, not tomato.”
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