AgroEco

Claim · #6495731

Ipomoea batatas · facilitation · Sorghum bicolor

facilitation · effect: harmful

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“sweetpotato has been shown to reduce the growth of...sorghum”
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 neighboring grasses like sorghum is documented; direction and magnitude reasonable.”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “Allelochemical residues from Ipomoea batatas plausibly inhibit sorghum growth via root-zone phytotoxicity.”

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