Claim · #6496193
Aphidoidea (superfamily) · pest pressure · Capsicum annuum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“les insectes pucerons, aleurodes...vecteurs de plusieurs complexes viraux”
- Source
- Le Piment (Capsicum annuum, C. chinense)
- Authors
- Kouamé C., Kamga R., Wanduku N., Chendjou R.
- Publication
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, Regional Center for Africa
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Aphids as pepper pests and virus vectors (CMV, PVY etc.) is well-documented; high impact reasonable.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Aphidoidea as virus vectors transmitting multiple viral complexes to Capsicum is textbook plant pathology.”
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