Medicago sativa
Alfalfa
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Medicago
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Magnoliopsida | Fabales | Fabaceae | Medicago
75 AI-consensus-verified claims across 7 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Medicago sativa.
- Empoasca fabaePotato Leafhopper8 shared claims
- Therioaphis maculata7 shared claims
- Hypera posticaClover Leaf Weevil7 shared claims
- Colias eurythemeAlfalfa Butterfly5 shared claims
- Glycine maxEdamame4 shared claims
- Acyrthosiphon pisumPea Aphid3 shared claims
- Megachile rotundataAlfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee2 shared claims
- Elymus repensChiendent rampant2 shared claims
biocontrol
- This entity is the subject of biocontrol on Diabrotica spp. · effect: beneficial
“alfalfa in the rotational scheme can enhance the abundance and diversity of predators and parasites”
preysOn ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAltieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O. (1995) · Agroecology: The Science of Sustainable Agriculture · p. 165 #6492201
facilitation
- This entity is the subject of facilitation on soil organic matter · effect: beneficial
“comparison of organic matter increases when growing alfalfa compared to corn silage”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedMagdoff F., Van Es H. (2021) · Building Soils for Better Crops: Ecological Management for Healthy Soils (Fourth Edition) · p. 36 #6492051 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: beneficial
“6-yr rotation involving alfalfa, corn, and soybean reduced NO3 leaching”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedRickerl D., Francis C., Gliessman S.R., Nicholls C.I., Altieri M.A., Janke R.R., Dobbs T.L., Flora C.B., Schumacher T.E., Caldwell R.M., Salomonsson L., Lieblein G., Helenius J., Kirschenmann F. (2004) · Agroecosystems Analysis · p. 84 #6492170 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Nicotiana tabacum (Cultivated tobacco) · effect: beneficial
“chopped alfalfa added to soil stimulated the growth of tobacco, cucumber, and lettuce”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 105 #6494046 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Cucumis sativus (Cucumber) · effect: beneficial
“chopped alfalfa added to soil stimulated the growth of tobacco, cucumber, and lettuce”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 105 #6494047 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Lactuca sativa (Achicroia) · effect: beneficial
“chopped alfalfa added to soil stimulated the growth of tobacco, cucumber, and lettuce”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 105 #6494048 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on Zea mays (Corn) · effect: beneficial
“alternating it with a nitrogen-fixing leguminous crop like alfalfa can reduce the need for nitrogen-rich amendments”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 126 #6494055
herbivory
- This entity is the object of herbivory by Colias eurytheme (Alfalfa Butterfly) · effect: harmful
“monitored 10,000 acres of alfalfa for the alfalfa caterpillar”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Lygus lineolaris (Tarnished Plant Bug) · effect: harmful
“the tarnished plant bug, Lygus lineolaris, which causes damage to alfalfa, vegetables”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Lygus hesperus (western plant bug) · effect: harmful
“Lygus hesperus, is an important pest of alfalfa and cotton in the western United States”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, on alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Sminthurus viridis · effect: harmful
“the Lucerne flea, Sminthurus viridis, which has been a notable pest of alfalfa in Australia”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Epicauta pennsylvanica · effect: harmful
“adult blister beetles feed on foliage of several host plants, including alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Melanoplus femurrubrum (Red-legged Grasshopper) · effect: harmful
“redlegged grasshoppers are very destructive pests of clover, alfalfa, and soybean”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Anticarsia gemmatalis (Cutworm Moth) · effect: harmful
“larvae are key defoliators of soybean, velvetbean, peanut, alfalfa, and cowpea”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Spodoptera frugiperda (Fall Armyworm) · effect: harmful
“caterpillars attack the leaves and tender stems of many cultivated crops, including cotton, tobacco, peanut, alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“Leaf area indices have been shown to be influenced by infestations of Empoasca fabae on lucerne”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“Alfalfa weevils, particularly larvae, are early-season defoliators of alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, populations per sweep of alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“damage from the potato leafhopper, Empoasca fabae, and the alfalfa weevil”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“Alfalfa susceptible to the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“larvae that damage the top growth of the plant by entering and feeding on the developing buds”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera brunneipennis · effect: harmful
“the Egyptian alfalfa weevil, Hypera brunneipennis, occurs in the western United States”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypena scabra (Green Cloverworm) · effect: harmful
“serious, yet sporadic, defoliator of soybeans, alfalfa, and other legumes”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“potato leafhoppers, Empoasca fabae, which may move into soybean”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“weevil mortality rates of about 70 percent”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“dense populations of alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica, in alfalfa stands”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Hypera variabilis · effect: harmful
“Hypera variabilis Herbst Alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBhagyasree S.N., Anokhe Archana, Shashank P.R., Patel C.H. (2022) · Insect Predators in Pest Management · p. 195 #6494876 - This entity is the object of herbivory by Spodoptera litura (Asian Cotton Leafworm) · effect: harmful
“on lucerne and cauliflower in Gujarat”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of herbivory by Colias eurytheme (Alfalfa Butterfly) · effect: context_dependent
“temperature drives voltinism shifts in pierid butterflies”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedHalsch C.A., Shapiro A.M., Fordyce J.A., Nice C.C., Thorne J.H., Waetjen D.P., Forister M.L. (2021) · Insects and recent climate change #6495206 - This entity is the object of herbivory by Colias eurytheme (Alfalfa Butterfly) · effect: harmful
“temperature drives voltinism in pierid species including alfalfa butterfly”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedHalsch C.A., Shapiro A.M., Fordyce J.A., Nice C.C., Thorne J.H., Waetjen D.P., Forister M.L. (2021) · Insects and recent climate change #6495210
mutualism
- This entity is the object of mutualism by Glomus intraradices · effect: beneficial
“formed developmentally and functionally normal mycorrhizas with G. intraradices”
mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of mutualism by Scutellospora calospora · effect: beneficial
“S. calospora was again shown to produce extensive external mycelium”
mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of mutualism by Glomeromycota (family) · effect: beneficial
“Nodulation and N fixation in AM legumes increased”
mutualistOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
pathogen pressure
- This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Phytophthora medicaginis · effect: harmful
“damping-off disease caused by the oomycete pathogen, Phytophthora medicaginis, on alfalfa seedlings”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 109 #6492983 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Pythium spp. · effect: harmful
“suppresses seedling disease of alfalfa, tomato, maize, and tobacco caused by Pythium spp.”
pathogenOf ✓ 0/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 109 #6492985 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Fusarium oxysporum (fusariosis, chancro del cuello) · effect: harmful
“D. dipsaci has been reported to interact synergistically with F. oxysporum on lucerne”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Pseudopeziza trifolii (Klaverbladschijfje) · effect: harmful
“Pseudopeziza, P. trifolii causing alfalfa leaf spot”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUnknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 394 #6494229 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Phymatotrichopsis omnivora · effect: harmful
“Alfalfa plants killed by Phymatotrichum in an ever-widening circle”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUnknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 551 #6494392 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Uromyces striatus (lusernrost) · effect: harmful
“Uromyces striatus causes rust in alfalfa”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedUnknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 571 #6494402 - This entity is the object of pathogen pressure by Colletotrichum trifolii · effect: harmful
“C. trifolii Alfalfa Hemibiotrophy”
pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedDean R., van Kan J.A.L., Pretorius Z.A., Hammond-Kosack K.E., Di Pietro A., Spanu P.D., Rudd J.J., Dickman M., Kahmann R., Ellis J., Foster G.D. (2012) · The Top 10 fungal pathogens in molecular plant pathology · p. 423 #6495774
pest pressure
- This entity is the object of pest pressure by Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis maculata”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis maculata”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“leaf area indices have been shown to be influenced by infestations of Empoasca fabae on lucerne”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Acrosternum hilare · effect: harmful
“attacks many wild and cultivated plants, including alfalfa, lima bean, peach, cotton, and soybean”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis maculata emerged the integrated pest control philosophy”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Colias eurytheme (Alfalfa Butterfly) · effect: harmful
“monitored 10,000 acres of alfalfa for the alfalfa caterpillar Colias eurythene”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis maculata emerged the integrated pest control philosophy”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Colias eurytheme (Alfalfa Butterfly) · effect: harmful
“monitored 10,000 acres of alfalfa for the alfalfa caterpillar Colias eurythene”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“influenced by infestations of Empoasca fabae on lucerne”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Acyrthosiphon pisum (Pea Aphid) · effect: harmful
“Acyrthosiphon pisum 4 biotypes on alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“Therioaphis maculata 6 biotypes on alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“leafhopper yellowing caused by Empoasca fabae”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“damage by spotted alfalfa aphid, Therioaphis maculata”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Hypera postica (Clover Leaf Weevil) · effect: harmful
“weevils allowed to feed until 95% of plants destroyed”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Acyrthosiphon pisum (Pea Aphid) · effect: harmful
“resistance to pea aphid was inadvertently selected for”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Bromus tectorum (Bronco Grass) · effect: harmful
“Downy brome control in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) with herbicides has had limited success”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedAndow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F. (1997) · Ecological Interactions and Biological Control · p. 167 #6493060 - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi · effect: harmful
“Malformations also occur when A. ritzemabosi infects lucerne seedlings.”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Gossypium hirsutum (American cotton) · effect: harmful
“Movement of the bugs into cotton is particularly heavy after alfalfa fields have been clipped for hay”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Acyrthosiphon pisum (Pea Aphid) · effect: harmful
“pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, on peas and alfalfa”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Therioaphis maculata · effect: harmful
“leaves to become curled and yellowed plants are severely stunted and often die”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Glycine max (Edamame) · effect: harmful
“Lacking suitable habitat after alfalfa harvest, leafhoppers migrate into soybeans”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Empoasca fabae (Potato Leafhopper) · effect: harmful
“one of the most important alfalfa pests in the eastern and north-central United States”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Glycine max (Edamame) · effect: harmful
“planting soybeans next to alfalfa is not a good idea”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Glycine max (Edamame) · effect: harmful
“potato leafhoppers... may move into soybean when alfalfa is clipped for hay”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Glycine max (Edamame) · effect: harmful
“beetles move from alfalfa to soybean when the soybean emerge”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Bemisia tabaci (Cotton whitefly, Sweet potato whitefly, Tobacco Whitefly) · effect: harmful
“severe damage to melons, alfalfa, cotton”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Elymus repens (Chiendent rampant) · effect: harmful
“Quackgrass inhibited several crop types (e.g., clover, alfalfa, and barley)”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 103 #6494042 - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Elymus repens (Chiendent rampant) · effect: harmful
“Quackgrass inhibited several crop types (e.g., clover, alfalfa, and barley)”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 103 #6494051 - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Ditylenchus dipsaci (Anguillule des céréales et des bulbes, Nématode des tiges et bulbes) · effect: harmful
“Ditylenchus dipsaci is a migratory endoparasite”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedJones J.T., Haegeman A., Danchin E.G.J., Gaur H.S., Helder J., Jones M.G.K., Kikuchi T., Manzanilla-Lopez R., Palomares-Rius J.E., Wesemael W.M.L., Perry R.N. (2013) · Top 10 plant-parasitic nematodes in molecular plant pathology · p. 951 #6495274 - This entity is the object of pest pressure by Pratylenchus penetrans (Gewoon wortellesieaaltje) · effect: harmful
“Oryzacystatin I and II in alfalfa increases resistance to the root-lesion nematode”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedJones J.T., Haegeman A., Danchin E.G.J., Gaur H.S., Helder J., Jones M.G.K., Kikuchi T., Manzanilla-Lopez R., Palomares-Rius J.E., Wesemael W.M.L., Perry R.N. (2013) · Top 10 plant-parasitic nematodes in molecular plant pathology · p. 960 #6495290
pollination
- This entity is the object of pollination by Apis mellifera (western honey bee) · effect: beneficial
“Megachile rotundata pollinates alfalfa in many areas”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pollination by Megachile rotundata (Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee) · effect: beneficial
“Megachile rotundata pollinates alfalfa in many areas”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pollination by Nomia melanderi (Alkali Bee) · effect: beneficial
“alkali bees, Nomia melanderi, and leafcutter bees managed to improve alfalfa pollination”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the object of pollination by Megachile rotundata (Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee) · effect: beneficial
“leafcutter bees, Megachile rotundata, are managed to improve alfalfa pollination and seed production”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed