Claim · #6495592
Desmodium spp. · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Inclusion of a Desmodium companion crop triples corn yield”
- Source
- Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources
- Authors
- Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- ATTRA / National Center for Appropriate Technology IP125
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Push-pull with Desmodium for maize stem borers and Striga in Kenya is the canonical ICIPE system; yield tripling is documented.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Desmodium N-fixation and Striga allelopathic suppression are well-documented; >300 lb N/acre is on the high end but plausible.”
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