Pennisetum glaucum
Indian millet
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Cenchrus
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Liliopsida | Poales | Poaceae | Cenchrus
External: GBIF #2706141
4 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
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Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Pennisetum glaucum.
facilitation 3 claims
- 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 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. 117 #6492149 - This entity is the object of facilitation by Guiera senegalensis · effect: beneficial
“yield increases, especially during drought years, when intercropped with the hydraulic-redistributing native woody shrub”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 116 #6494049 - 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
pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the object of pest pressure by Helicotylenchus dihystera · effect: harmful
“H. dihystera is known to be pathogenic to several crops, such as peanut, millet and tea”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed