Claim · #6495822
Myzus persicae · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Aphids are also hazardous because they act as vectors for virus transmission”
- Source
- Field Guide for Identification of Major Potato Pests and Diseases in Meghalaya, India
- Authors
- Ali S.
- Year
- 2018
- Publication
- International Potato Center (CIP), FoodSTART+
- Page
- 7
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Myzus persicae is the principal aphid vector of potato viruses (PVY, PLRV); claim sound.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“M. persicae is canonical vector for PVY/PLRV potato viruses; vector role well-established.”
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