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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