Claim · #6495661
Frankliniella occidentalis · pest pressure · Solanum lycopersicum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
vectorOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“WFT is a vector for serious plant diseases, including Tomato Spotted Wilt 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
- 15
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Frankliniella occidentalis is the principal thrips vector of TSWV, a polyphagous tospovirus.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“WFT is the canonical thrips vector of TSWV; vector direction and host range are well-established.”
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