AgroEco

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Agroecosystems Analysis

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.

Year
2004
Publication
Agronomy Monograph No. 43, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America
Type
book

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26 AI-consensus-verified claims extracted from this source , across 6 interaction categories.

biocontrol

facilitation

  • Glycine max facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “Maize yields are increased from 5 to 20% by rotation with soybean”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 39 #6492116

  • Trifolium spp. facilitation Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
    “Mixtures of grasses and legumes in pastures provide a better diet than monocultures”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 38 #6492118

  • Desmodium uncinatum facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “suppress the parasitic weed striga by a factor of 40 compared with maize monocrops”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 56 #6492130

  • Agroforestry trees (unspecified) facilitation Coffea arabica · effect: beneficial
    “35 to 65% shade promotes leaf retention in the dry seasons and reduces the pathogen Cercospora coffeicola”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 57 #6492132

  • Medicago sativa facilitation Zea mays · effect: beneficial
    “6-yr rotation involving alfalfa, corn, and soybean reduced NO3 leaching”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 84 #6492170

herbivory

  • Busseola fusca herbivory Zea mays · effect: harmful
    “habitat management system to control stem borers and striga...planted together with maize”
    eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 55 #6492134

  • Pseudaletia unipunctata herbivory Zea mays · effect: harmful
    “Parasitism of the armyworm, Pseudaletia unipunctata, was significantly higher in maize fields embedded in a complex landscape”
    eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 57 #6492136

  • Ostrinia nubilalis herbivory Zea mays · effect: harmful
    “higher parasitism of larvae of the lepidopteran pest, Ostrinia nubilalis...in edges of maize fields adjacent to wooded areas”
    eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 57 #6492137

  • Meligethes aeneus herbivory Brassica napus · effect: harmful
    “parasitism of rape pollen beetle was about 50% at the edge of the fields, while at the center dropped to 20%”
    eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 57 #6492139

  • Erythroneura spp. herbivory Vitis vinifera · effect: harmful
    “lower numbers of leafhoppers and thrips on vines located up to 30 to 40 m from the corridor”
    eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 57 #6492140

mutualism

pathogen pressure

  • Magnaporthe oryzae pathogen pressure Oryza sativa · effect: harmful
    “Enhanced genetic diversity reduced blast incidence by 94% and increased total yields by 89%”
    pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 55 #6492133

  • Cercospora coffeicola pathogen pressure Coffea arabica · effect: harmful
    “35 to 65% shade promotes leaf retention...and reduces the pathogen Cercospora coffeicola”
    pathogenOf ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed

    p. 57 #6492138

pest pressure