Claim · #6492236
Acacia nilotica · pest pressure · Triticum aestivum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wheat yields were reduced by up to 60%”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- horticulturist · plausible
“60% wheat yield reduction under Acacia nilotica canopy is biologically plausible given documented light/resource competition in agroforestry systems; canopy shading suppressing understory cereal yields is well-established.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Documented agroforestry literature confirms significant wheat yield depression under Acacia nilotica canopy in Indian agroforestry systems due to light and resource competition; 60% reduction is within reported ranges.”
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