Claim · #6496161
Geminiviridae (family) · pathogen pressure · Capsicum annuum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“whitefly-transmitted geminivirus”
- Source
- Grafting Sweet Peppers for Production in the Hot-Wet Season
- Authors
- Palada M.C., Wu D.-L.
- Publication
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, International Cooperators' Guide, Publication 09-722-e
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Whitefly-vectored geminiviruses are a major pepper disease complex in tropical hot-wet seasons.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Geminiviridae transmitted by whitefly cause systemic pepper disease; pathogen classification correct.”
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