Claim · #6493501
Glycine max · pest pressure · Medicago sativa
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“planting soybeans next to alfalfa is not a good idea”
- Authors
- Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E.
- Year
- 2009
- Publication
- Pearson Prentice Hall
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae mass-emigrating from clipped alfalfa into adjacent soybean is well-documented in US IPM literature; direction and mechanism are biologically consistent.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Empoasca fabae mass-migrates from cut alfalfa to adjacent crops including soybean — a well-documented IPM concern in US agroecosystems.”
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