Claim · #6496353
Taro vein chlorosis virus · pathogen pressure · Colocasia esculenta
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“TARO Alomae and Bobone”
- Source
- Pacific Pests and Pathogens — Solomon Islands Farmer Fact Sheets (1-24)
- Authors
- TerraCircle Inc. with Improved Plant Protection in Solomon Islands (IPPSI)
- Year
- 2014
- Publication
- ACIAR / IPPSI / TerraCircle
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Alomae is a recognized fatal Pacific taro disease. Calling it a 'complex' is consistent with literature (TaVCV often co-occurs with CBDV). High impact and pathogenOf relation reasonable for a fatal systemic disease.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Alomae disease is associated with Taro vein chlorosis virus (TaVCV, a nucleorhabdovirus), often in mixed infection with CBDV. Naming it the Alomae 'complex' is defensible; pathogenOf and high impact match the fatal Pacific syndrome.”
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