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Tomato spotted wilt virus · pathogen pressure · Helianthus annuus

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Sunflower Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus 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
54

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “TSWV has very broad host range including Helianthus; thrips-vectored tospovirus infection of sunflower is documented.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Tomato spotted wilt virus has documented sunflower host range; no eponymous conflation since host is sunflower not tomato.”

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