Claim · #6492486
Sorghum sudanense · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sudan grass attracting stemborer colonisation as trap crops”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 46
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sudan grass as a stemborer trap crop in push-pull systems is well-documented in Kenyan IPM literature; interaction direction (Sudan grass attracting pests away from maize) is biologically consistent.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Sudan grass as a stemborer trap crop in push-pull maize systems is well-documented in Kenyan agroecology literature, consistent with published ICIPE research.”
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