Claim · #6495436
Banana streak virus · pathogen pressure · Musa paradisiaca
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Banana steak virus (BSV) Musa paradisiaca”
- Authors
- University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
- Page
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Banana streak virus (Badnavirus) is a well-known foliar pathogen of Musa; source quote has minor typo 'steak' but extracted claim corrected to BSV.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Banana streak virus (BSV, genus Badnavirus, Caulimoviridae) on Musa paradisiaca is established; foliar streak symptoms correct. Virus named for symptom, not host.”
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