Claim · #6495730
Ipomoea batatas · facilitation · Cyperus esculentus
facilitation · effect: harmful
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“sweetpotato has been shown to reduce the growth of the yellow nutsedge”
- Source
- Sweetpotato Production Guides for Hawai'i
- Authors
- Valenzuela, Hector; Fukuda, Steven; Arakaki, Alton
- Year
- 1994
- Publication
- CTAHR Research Extension Series 146
- Page
- 8
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sweetpotato allelopathy suppressing Cyperus esculentus is documented; harmful effect on weed is consistent with quote.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Allelochemical suppression of yellow nutsedge by sweetpotato is established in cover-crop/rotation literature; quote supports moderate effect.”
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