Claim · #6494637
Frankliniella occidentalis · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Thrips, however, develop resistance to insecticides and move in readily”
- Authors
- Unknown
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- Publication
- Unknown Plant Pathology Textbook
- Page
- 800
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“F. occidentalis is the primary TSWV vector; larval acquisition with lifelong transmission is well-documented, and insecticide resistance in this species is broadly established.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“F. occidentalis is the primary vector of TSWV (a tospovirus) in tomato; larval acquisition and lifelong transmission are well-established, and insecticide resistance in this species is thoroughly documented.”
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