Claim · #6495543
Imperata cylindrica · pest pressure · tree seedlings (Dipterocarpaceae)
pest pressure · effect: harmful
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“highly invasive grasses such as Imperata cylindrica”
- Source
- Agroforestry: A Primer. Design and management principles for people and the environment
- Authors
- Gassner A., Dobie P. (eds.); Cornelius J.P., Coe R., Mercado A., Mukuralinda A., Okia C.A., Somarriba E., Thorne P., et al.
- Year
- 2022
- Publication
- CIFOR-ICRAF
- Page
- 149
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Imperata cylindrica is a well-documented invasive grass that suppresses tree seedling regeneration on degraded Southeast Asian uplands.”
- horticulturist · plausible
“Cogon grass smothering dipterocarp regeneration via dense rhizome mats and allelopathy is well established in tropical silviculture.”
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