Claim · #6492503
Striga spp. · pest pressure · Zea mays
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“semi-arid Suba district, plagued by both stemborers and Striga”
- Authors
- Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A.
- Year
- 2004
- Publication
- CSIRO Publishing
- Page
- 46
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Striga spp. as a high-severity parasitic plant on Zea mays roots in semi-arid Kenya is well-documented; Desmodium intercropping suppressing Striga is the established 'push-pull' finding from ICIPE research.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Striga spp. parasitizing Zea mays roots in semi-arid Kenya and Desmodium intercropping suppressing it are well-documented push-pull agroecology findings consistent with ICIPE research.”
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