Claim · #6495165
Pennisetum purpureum · pest pressure · Chilo partellus
pest pressure · effect: beneficial
eats GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Napier grass pulls stem borers from maize in push-pull”
- 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
“Napier grass as the 'pull' trap crop in push-pull is the textbook ICIPE design (Khan et al.).”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Trap-cropping border design with Pennisetum purpureum is a recognized horticultural/agronomic IPM tactic for stem borer.”
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