Claim · #6493421
Melilotus spp. · pest pressure · Solanum tuberosum
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“wireworm problems can occur in potatoes when this crop is grown after red or sweet clover”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Well-documented IPM principle: clover supports wireworm populations, and potato-after-clover rotations increase Elateridae injury; source quote directly supports the structured mechanism.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Red clover as a wireworm host preceding potato is a well-documented agronomic rotation risk; source quote directly supports the structured mechanism and effect direction.”
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