Claim · #6492206
Spodoptera frugiperda · herbivory · Zea mays
herbivory · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Infestations of fall armyworm in corn...can be greatly reduced by interplanting both crops”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 165
AI critic verdicts
- entomologist · plausible
“Spodoptera frugiperda herbivory on maize vegetative stage is well-documented; intercropping with beans as FAW suppression is supported by published IPM literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Spodoptera frugiperda damaging maize leaves/shoots during vegetative stage is well-established; maize-bean intercropping reducing FAW is documented in companion-planting IPM literature.”
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