Claim · #6496446
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus · pathogen pressure · Citrus spp.
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Huanglongbing (HLB), 'Candidatus Liberibacter spp.'”
- Source
- sundin_bacterial_disease_management_2016.pdf
- Page
- 1507
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“HLB/Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus is a globally recognized phloem-limited bacterial disease of Citrus. Vector-mediated (Diaphorina citri) spread and refractoriness to surface-applied controls are well documented. Within agroecological scope.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Ca. Liberibacter asiaticus is the etiological agent of Asian HLB; phloem-limited, fastidious, unculturable. Structured fields (organism_type=bacterium, affected_part=phloem, pathogenOf) accurately match the pathogen's biology.”
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