AgroEco

Claim · #6495164

Desmodium spp. · facilitation · Striga hermonthica

facilitation · effect: beneficial

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Desmodium suppresses Striga through allelopathic exudates”
Authors
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A.
Year
2021
Publication
Global Food Security

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Allelopathic Desmodium root exudates (isoflavonoids) inducing suicidal Striga germination is established (Khan et al. 2002, 2008).”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “Root-exudate-mediated rhizosphere chemistry suppressing a parasitic weed is a soil-biology-adjacent mechanism within scope.”

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