Claim · #6492487
Desmodium uncinatum · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“silverleaf intercropped with maize repels stemborers”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 46
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Desmodium-maize push-pull intercropping repelling stemborers and fixing nitrogen is well-documented in Kenyan agroecology literature, consistent with ICIPE push-pull research.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Desmodium uncinatum is a well-documented nitrogen-fixing legume; its push-pull use with maize in Kenya, improving soil fertility via N-fixation, is strongly supported by published literature.”
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