Pennisetum purpureum
Merker grass
- Category
- plantae
- Primary role
- crop
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Pennisetum
Plantae | Tracheophyta | Liliopsida | Poales | Poaceae | Cenchrus
External: GBIF #5828220
3 AI-consensus-verified claims across 2 interaction categories.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Pennisetum purpureum.
facilitation 2 claims
- This entity is the subject of facilitation on agroforestry tree rows · effect: beneficial
“Grasses like Napier and Vetiver can be planted between tree rows”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGassner A., Dobie P. (eds.); Cornelius J.P., Coe R., Mercado A., Mukuralinda A., Okia C.A., Somarriba E., Thorne P., et al. (2022) · Agroforestry: A Primer. Design and management principles for people and the environment · p. 57 #6495529 - This entity is the subject of facilitation on agroforestry tree rows · effect: beneficial
“Grasses like Napier and Vetiver can be planted between tree rows”
interactsWith ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedGassner A., Dobie P. (eds.); Cornelius J.P., Coe R., Mercado A., Mukuralinda A., Okia C.A., Somarriba E., Thorne P., et al. (2022) · Agroforestry: A Primer. Design and management principles for people and the environment · p. 57 #6496463
pest pressure 1 claim
- This entity is the subject of pest pressure on Chilo partellus · effect: beneficial
“Napier grass pulls stem borers from maize in push-pull”
eats ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreedBezner 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
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
mycorrhizal 3
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
pathogen pressure 10
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1333982
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11636066
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=904308
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=972394
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11793225
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324003
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1701744
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1258352
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1333389
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1335530
pollination 1
- GloBI interactsWith Pennisetum purpureum Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115
crop interaction 14
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1333982
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11636066
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=904308
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=972394
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=11793225
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1324003
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1701744
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1258352
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1333389
- GloBI interactsWith Pennisetum purpureum Tri-Trophic Thematic Collection Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. http://tcn.amnh.org/. National Science Foundation grant(s) EF#1115081, EF#1115103, EF#1115080, EF#1115144, EF#1115191, EF#1115104, EF#1115115
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum https://mycoportal.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=1335530
- GloBI hasHost Pennisetum purpureum S. Pehim Limbu, S.L. Stürmer, G. Zahn, C.A. Aguilar-Trigueros, N. Rogers, & V.B. Chaudhary, Climate-linked biogeography of mycorrhizal fungal spore traits, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (29) e2505059122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505059122 (2025). Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/limbu2025/archive/461a5f43a0ceadec056ca19816e9209ea8b317b1.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI