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Sorghum bicolor

Creole Corn

Category
plantae
Primary role
crop
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Sorghum

Plantae | Tracheophyta | Liliopsida | Poales | Poaceae | Sorghum

External: GBIF #2705181

26 AI-consensus-verified claims across 6 interaction categories.

Related entities

Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Sorghum bicolor.

attracts natural enemy 1 claim
  • This entity is the subject of attracts natural enemy on Insecta · effect: beneficial
    “cotton bollworms being controlled by predators in sorghum plots adjacent to cotton”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Kuepper G., Dodson M., Duncan J. (2016) · Companion Planting & Botanical Pesticides: Concepts & Resources · p. 5 #6495973
facilitation 7 claims
  • This entity is the subject of facilitation on mixed arable weeds · effect: harmful
    “sorghum can be used as green manure due to direct allelopathic effects”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Wezel A., Casagrande M., Celette F., Vian J.-F., Ferrer A., Peigné J. (2014) · Agroecological practices for sustainable agriculture. A review · p. 11 #6492012
  • This entity is the object of facilitation by Faidherbia albida (anatree) · effect: beneficial
    “sheds its leaves at the onset of the wet season, permitting enough light for sorghum and millet”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Altieri 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. 117 #6492148
  • This entity is the object of facilitation by Cajanus cajan (Congo-pea) · effect: beneficial
    “leaving the remainder of the rainy season and deep residual soil moisture to provision the slower growing pigeon pea”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 64 #6492222
  • This entity is the object of facilitation by Faidherbia albida (anatree) · effect: beneficial
    “sorghum yields were increased by 36% in Ethiopia and 125% in Burkina Faso”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M. (1999) · Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems #6492234
  • This entity is the object of facilitation by Faidherbia albida (anatree) · effect: beneficial
    “parkland trees improved sorghum yields in the Sahel”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    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 #6495168
  • This entity is the object of facilitation by Ipomoea batatas (Akage) · effect: harmful
    “sweetpotato has been shown to reduce the growth of...sorghum”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Valenzuela, Hector; Fukuda, Steven; Arakaki, Alton (1994) · Sweetpotato Production Guides for Hawai'i · p. 8 #6495731
  • This entity is the subject of facilitation on Solanum lycopersicum (Garden Tomato) · effect: beneficial
    “Sow 5-6 rows of barrier crops like maize, jowar or bajra”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center, SRTT Project · How to Grow Tomato · p. 2 #6496065
herbivory 2 claims
pathogen pressure 8 claims
pest pressure 7 claims
provides alternative prey 1 claim
  • This entity is the subject of provides alternative prey on Hippodamia convergens (Convergent Lady Beetle) · effect: beneficial
    “general influx of generalist predators ... from sorghum to cotton”
    interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
    Dufour R. (2000) · Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control · p. 33 #6495981

Genus-level evidence

1 claim where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Sorghum sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Sorghum bicolor.

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