Claim · #6495651
Pentalonia nigronervosa · pest pressure · Musa spp.
pest pressure · effect: harmful
vectorOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Transmits Banana Bunchy Top Virus”
- Source
- Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Sucking Insects
- Authors
- Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-36
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pentalonia nigronervosa is the established vector of Banana Bunchy Top Virus on Musa.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“BBTV is persistently transmitted by P. nigronervosa; vector relationship is textbook plant pathology.”
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