AgroEco

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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