Region
Kenya
44 AI-consensus-verified claims tagged with regional_context = "Kenya".
Top entities in this region
- Zea maysCornplantae 30 claims
- Busseola fuscainvertebrate 5 claims
- Striga hermonthicapurple witchweedplantae 4 claims
- Chilo partellusinvertebrate 4 claims
- Aspergillus flavusgulgrøn strålemuggfungi 4 claims
- Leucaena leucocephalaHorse/wild tamarind, Jumbie bean, Lead tree, Leucaenaplantae 3 claims
- Desmodium spp.desmodiumplantae 2 claims
- Cotesia sesamiaeother 2 claims
- Phenacoccus manihotiother 2 claims
- Striga spp.other 2 claims
- Calliandra calothyrsuscalliandraplantae 2 claims
- Sesbania sesbanEgyptian Riverhempplantae 2 claims
biocontrol
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“push-pull enhanced parasitoid populations controlling stem borers”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495175
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“Epidinocarsis lopezi (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), quickly became established”
Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E. (2009) · Entomology and Pest Management, Fourth Edition · p. 334 #6493565
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“Border grasses also enhance the parasitisation of stemborers by the wasp Cotesia semamiae”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 46 #6492505
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“Field boundaries of Panicum maximum as a reservoir for predators and a sink for Chilo partellus”
Yousefi M., Marja R., Barmettler E., Six J., Dray A., Ghazoul J. (2024) · The effectiveness of intercropping and agri-environmental schemes on ecosystem service of biological pest control: a meta-analysis · p. 9 #6492036
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“spiders as an indicator group”
Yousefi M., Marja R., Barmettler E., Six J., Dray A., Ghazoul J. (2024) · The effectiveness of intercropping and agri-environmental schemes on ecosystem service of biological pest control: a meta-analysis · p. 14 #6492031
facilitation
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“Inclusion of a Desmodium companion crop triples corn yield”
Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J. (2016) #6495592
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“Desmodium suppresses Striga through allelopathic exudates”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495164
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“silverleaf intercropped with maize repels stemborers”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 46 #6492487
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“less than 1 mm from the mulched hedgerow-cowpea system”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492274
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“increased maize yields in rows on the windward side of Grevillea robusta hedgerows”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492273
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“soil nitrate increased rather than decreased during the 11 months after establishment”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492247
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“C. calothyrsus (312 kg N ha–1) … reduced soil nitrate throughout the 2-m-deep soil profile”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492245
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“N contribution of roots, nodules … equivalent to 32 kg N ha–1 on maize”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492232
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“maize following S. sesban was 4.6 Mg ha–1 without added K fertilizer”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492230
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“LER_Y = 800/1200 + 600/800 = 1.42”
Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 63 #6492221
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“non-legumes depend on soil N whereas legumes can obtain much of their N from air”
Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 62 #6492220
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“fine-root-biomass production by L. leucocephala was only 510 kg/ha during a cropping season of about 120 days”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492197
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“tree effect results from cumulative benefits of BNF, nutrient cycling, and nutrient accumulation under trees”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492191
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“fast-growing trees rapidly root into nitrate-accumulation zone inaccessible to maize”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492188
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“nitrate-N to 4-m soil depth was only 51 kg N/ha in a 15-month S. sesban fallow”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492187
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“fast-growing leguminous trees improve soil fertility to support food crop production”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492185
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“suppress the parasitic weed striga by a factor of 40 compared with maize monocrops”
Rickerl 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. 56 #6492130
herbivory
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“reduce impact of fall armyworm in corn in east Africa”
Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q. (2021) · The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security · p. 7 #6495326
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“numbers of maize plants damaged by the stalkborer Busseola fusca were counted on each farm”
Dent D. (2000) · Insect Pest Management, 2nd Edition · p. 53 #6492387
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“habitat management system to control stem borers and striga...planted together with maize”
Rickerl 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. 55 #6492134
pathogen pressure
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“utilization of corn and groundnuts (peanut)... compromised by aflatoxins”
Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q. (2021) · The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security · p. 3 #6495955
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“aflatoxins produced primarily by Aspergillus flavus and other fungi”
Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q. (2021) · The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security · p. 3 #6495954
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“Eighty-seven percent of East Kenyan corn mills had over the legal limit”
Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q. (2021) · The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security · p. 3 #6495317
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“utilization of corn and groundnuts (peanut) as sources of nutrition”
Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q. (2021) · The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security · p. 2 #6495316
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“aflatoxins produced primarily by Aspergillus flavus and other fungi”
Ristaino J.B., Anderson P.K., Bebber D.P., Brauman K.A., Cunniffe N.J., Fedoroff N.V., Finegold C., Garrett K.A., Gilligan C.A., Jones C.M., Martin M.D., MacDonald G.K., Neenan P., Records A., Schmale D.G., Tateosian L., Wei Q. (2021) · The persistent threat of emerging plant disease pandemics to global food security · p. 3 #6495315
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“affecting 80 to 100% of all cassava plants and causing yield losses of 20 to 90%”
Unknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 810 #6494653
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“poor yield of the bean monoculture indicates problems with disease, other nutrients, or acid soil”
Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 63 #6492227
pest pressure
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“Striga, a parasitic vine that devastatingly reduces corn yields in Africa”
Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J. (2016) · p. 6 #6495608
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“Striga hermonthica causes major maize yield losses in sub-Saharan Africa”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495174
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“push-pull system reduced stem borer damage in maize”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495173
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“Striga hermonthica causes major maize yield losses in sub-Saharan Africa”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495172
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“Napier grass pulls stem borers from maize in push-pull”
Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A. (2021) · Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review #6495165
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“cassava mealybug caused up to 80 percent losses... by feeding on the growing tips”
Pedigo L.P., Rice M.E. (2009) · Entomology and Pest Management, Fourth Edition · p. 334 #6493518
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“numbers of maize plants damaged by the stalkborer Busseola fusca were counted”
Dent D. (2000) · Insect Pest Management, 2nd Edition · p. 53 #6492914
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“semi-arid Suba district, plagued by both stemborers and Striga”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 46 #6492503
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“Napier grass and Sudan grass attracting stemborer colonisation”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 46 #6492502
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“Sudan grass attracting stemborer colonisation as trap crops”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 46 #6492486
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“stored soil water was greater at the beginning of the short rainy season in the sole annual plots”
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492283
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“semiarid Suba district plagued by both stemborers and striga”
Rickerl 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. 56 #6492135