Claim · #6492075
soil compaction (abiotic) · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Corn root in a compacted soil cannot access water and nutrients.”
- Authors
- Magdoff F., Van Es H.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Page
- 69
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Soil compaction restricting corn root penetration and water/nutrient access is well-established agronomic fact; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Soil compaction restricting root penetration and limiting access to water/nutrients is well-established soil physics; the source quote directly supports the structured claim.”
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