AgroEco

Claim · #6492210

Virus spp. · pathogen pressure · Solanum tuberosum

pathogen pressure · effect: harmful

pathogenOf GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“substantially reduced the incidence of virus diseases”
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
158

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Lupine intercropping as a physical barrier reducing aphid-vectored virus spread in potato is well-established; overyielding from legume-cereal/root intercropping is biologically consistent with Andean field systems.”

  • plant-pathologist · plausible

    “Intercropping as a barrier/dilution effect reducing aphid-vectored potato virus spread is well-documented; lupine intercrop reducing virus incidence in potato is biologically credible.”

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