AgroEco

Claim · #6496113

Aleyrodidae (family) · pest pressure · Solanum lycopersicum

pest pressure · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Mouches blanches piquant les feuilles et transmet les virus”
Source
Legume Fruit: La Tomate
Authors
Kouame C., Kamga R., Wanduku N., Chendjou R.
Year
2020
Publication
World Vegetable Center - Cameroon

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Whiteflies pierce tomato phloem and vector begomoviruses (e.g. TYLCV); claim aligns with quote and biology.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Aleyrodidae (Bemisia tabaci) is a major begomovirus vector on tomato; virus transmission claim is well-supported.”

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