Claim · #6492130
Desmodium uncinatum · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“suppress the parasitic weed striga by a factor of 40 compared with maize monocrops”
- Source
- Agroecosystems Analysis
- Authors
- Rickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- Agronomy Monograph No. 43, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
- Page
- 56
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Push-pull with Desmodium intercropped in maize is well-documented in Kenyan farming systems; 40-fold Striga suppression, stem-borer repellence, and N-fixation are consistent with published ICIPE/FAO literature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Desmodium uncinatum is a well-documented nitrogen-fixing legume; its allelopathic Striga suppression (~40-fold) and push-pull borer repellency in Kenyan intercropping systems are consistent with published ICIPE research.”
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