Claim · #6495434
Coconut cadang-cadang viroid · pathogen pressure · Cocos nucifera
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd) Cocos nucifera”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 4
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“CCCVd is a recognized devastating viroid of Cocos nucifera; Pacific island reports are consistent with Philippines-origin pathogen spread.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Coconut cadang-cadang viroid (CCCVd, Pospiviroidae) is a well-documented viroid pathogen of coconut; whole-palm decline characteristic. No eponymous-conflation issue (viroid named after disease, not host).”
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