Claim · #6496064
Zea mays · facilitation · Solanum lycopersicum
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Sow 5-6 rows of barrier crops like maize, jowar or bajra around the tomato plot”
- Source
- How to Grow Tomato
- Authors
- AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, SRTT Project
- Publication
- AVRDC SRTT Project Extension Leaflet (Ranchi, Jharkhand)
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tall barrier crops physically intercept whitefly flights, reducing ToLCV transmission; documented Indian IPM tactic.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Barrier crops reduce whitefly-vectored tomato leaf curl virus spread; mechanism is well-documented in vector epidemiology.”
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