Claim · #6495050
Diaphorina citri · pathogen pressure · Citrus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Diaphorina citri acts as vector for the bacterium causing Citrus Greening disease”
- Authors
- Das B.C., et al.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Parasitoids in Pest Management (book chapter: Aphidiinae Parasitoids)
- Page
- 213
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Diaphorina citri vectoring Candidatus Liberibacter (huanglongbing/citrus greening) is an established global driver of citrus decline.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“The Asian citrus psyllid is the canonical vector of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, the causal agent of huanglongbing in citrus.”
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