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Tomato spotted wilt virus · pathogen pressure · Capsicum annuum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Tomato Spotted Wilt”
Authors
University of Guam, College of Natural and Applied Sciences
Year
2022
Publication
University of Guam Cooperative Extension & Outreach / Agricultural Experiment Station
Page
50

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “TSWV is a well-known tospovirus pathogen of Capsicum; pathogenOf direction correct; Guam regional context reasonable for tropical tospovirus distribution.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Tomato spotted wilt virus is a documented pepper pathogen causing systemic infection; whole-plant affected part appropriate; no eponymous conflation despite name.”

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