Claim · #6496138
Zea mays · provides refuge · Bemisia tabaci
provides refuge · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Maize also can be grown as a barrier crop along the borders”
- Source
- Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices for whitefly in tomato, pepper, chili and eggplant crops in Africa
- Authors
- Macharia J., Titley M., Aloyce A., Samali S.
- Year
- 2016
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center Publication No. 16-805
- Page
- 2
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Tall maize border crops are documented physical/visual barriers reducing whitefly immigration into vegetable fields.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Maize barrier crops physically intercept dispersing whitefly adults; established push-pull/border-crop tactic in SSA vegetable IPM.”
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