Claim · #6495324
Tomato spotted wilt virus · pathogen pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“coinfections in tomato by P. infestans and tomato spotted wilt virus”
- Authors
- Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- PNAS
- Page
- 6
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“TSWV (Tospovirus) infects tomato; coinfection with P. infestans is biologically possible. Direction (virus → tomato) is correct, no eponymous confusion.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“TSWV is a canonical tomato pathogen; coinfection with P. infestans is plausible. Source quote supports the coinfection assertion. Virus classification correct.”
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