Claim · #6494655
Squash leaf curl virus · pathogen pressure · Cucurbita pepo
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“causing severe symptoms on squash and watermelon”
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AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“SLCV (a begomovirus) is a well-documented pathogen of Cucurbita pepo in southern California, and the described symptoms (leaf curl, enations, stunting, fruit loss) match known begomovirus pathology.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“SLCV (a begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) is a well-documented pathogen of Cucurbita pepo causing leaf curl, enations, and stunting in southern California; host and symptoms are taxonomically consistent.”
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