Claim · #6496062
Aphidoidea (superfamily) · pest pressure · Capsicum annuum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
vectorOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“aphids and whiteflies, which transmit viruses”
- Source
- Grow Chili Pepper
- Authors
- Berke T., Black L.L., Talekar N.S., Wang J.F., Gniffke P., Green S.K., Wang T.C., Morris R.
- Year
- 2005
- Publication
- AVRDC publication 05-620
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphids are well-known viral vectors (CMV, PVY) on pepper; vectorOf interaction type and seedling vulnerability are accurate.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Aphidoidea includes many non-persistent and persistent virus vectors transmitting CMV, PVY, and others to Capsicum.”
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