Claim · #6495658
Planococcus citri · pest pressure · Theobroma cacao
pest pressure · effect: harmful
vectorOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“citrus mealybug is a vector of Cacao Swollen Shoot 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
- 3
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Planococcus citri is a documented vector of Cacao Swollen Shoot Virus; direction correct.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Citrus mealybug is an established mealybug-vector of CSSV badnavirus; subject/object direction correct.”
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