Claim · #6495008
Parthenium hysterophorus · pest pressure · agricultural crops
pest pressure · effect: harmful
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“rated as one of the ten worst weeds in India because of its invasiveness”
- Authors
- Bhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- Insect Predators in Pest Management (CRC Press / Taylor & Francis)
- Page
- 301
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Parthenium hysterophorus is widely cited as one of India's worst invasive agricultural weeds with >5M ha infestation reported in multiple peer-reviewed sources, with documented allelopathy.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Carrot grass (Parthenium) is a notorious weed of agricultural and horticultural systems across India, with the area estimate matching published Indian extension reports.”
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