Poaceae (turf)
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- unclassified
1 AI-consensus-verified claim across 1 interaction category.
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herbivory 1 claim
- This entity is the object of herbivory by Crambinae (subfamily) · effect: harmful
“activity for cutworms, sod webworms, armyworms, and white grubs”
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Genus-level evidence
21 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Poaceae sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Poaceae (turf).
- biocontrol · Poaceae (family) → Triticum aestivum · effect: beneficial
“beetles and other natural enemies emerge from the beetle bank to colonise the growing crop”
Gurr G.M., Wratten S.D., Altieri M.A. (2004) · Ecological Engineering for Pest Management: Advances in Habitat Manipulation for Arthropods · p. 3 #6492400 - facilitation · Trifolium spp. → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“Mixtures of grasses and legumes in pastures provide a better diet than monocultures”
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. 38 #6492118 - facilitation · Fabaceae (family) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“legume cover crops protects soils from erosion and contributes biologically fixed N”
Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 15 #6492181 - facilitation · Fabaceae (family) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“legume/nonlegume combinations generate on average an LER of greater than 1.0”
- facilitation · Fabaceae (family) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“grass constructs a soil environment free of legume diseases and vice versa”
- facilitation · Fabaceae (family) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“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 - facilitation · Poaceae (family) → Fabaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“extends the growing season but also may provide a more even and prolonged supply of green forage”
Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 63 #6492223 - facilitation · Poaceae (family) → Fabaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“The grain crop serves to reduce soil erosion in the seedling forage stand while smothering weeds”
Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G. (2011) · Crop Ecology: Productivity and Management in Agricultural Systems, Second Edition · p. 65 #6492224 - facilitation · Fabaceae (family) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“When nitrogen-fixing legumes are used as cover crops, the quality of the biomass can be greatly improved.”
Gliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 123 #6494054 - facilitation · cover crop (living mulch) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“Living mulches can provide and conserve nitrogen for grain crops, reduce soil erosion, reduce weed pressure”
Gliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 124 #6494056 - facilitation · Poaceae (family) → Zea mays · effect: beneficial
“cover crops: reduced soil erosion, improved soil structure, enhanced soil fertility, suppression of weeds”
Gliessman S.R. (2022) · Agroecology: The Ecology of Sustainable Food Systems, Fourth Edition · p. 175 #6494213 - facilitation · Arachis hypogaea → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“peanut, cowpea, potato, sweet potato, maize, beans and brassica, secrete organic acids and phosphatases into the rhizosphere”
Brooker R.W., Bennett A.E., Cong W.-F., Daniell T.J., George T.S., Hallett P.D., Hawes C., Iannetta P.P.M., Jones H.G., Karley A.J., Li L., McKenzie B.M., Pakeman R.J., Paterson E., Schob C., Shen J., Squire G., Watson C.A., Zhang C., Zhang F., Zhang J., White P.J. (2015) · Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology · p. 110 #6495225 - facilitation · Poaceae (family) → Fabaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“cereals and grasses that release phytosiderophores can improve the acquisition of cationic micronutrients”
Brooker R.W., Bennett A.E., Cong W.-F., Daniell T.J., George T.S., Hallett P.D., Hawes C., Iannetta P.P.M., Jones H.G., Karley A.J., Li L., McKenzie B.M., Pakeman R.J., Paterson E., Schob C., Shen J., Squire G., Watson C.A., Zhang C., Zhang F., Zhang J., White P.J. (2015) · Improving intercropping: a synthesis of research in agronomy, plant physiology and ecology · p. 110 #6495228 - mutualism · Fabaceae spp. → Poaceae spp. · effect: beneficial
“Nitrogen distribution and soil microbial community characteristics in a legume-cereal intercropping system”
Martinez D.A., Gathorne-Hardy A., Smith B.M. (2024) · Impacts of polycultural cropping on crop yields and biodiversity: A systematic map protocol · p. 10 #6492041 - mutualism · Glomeromycota (phylum) → Poaceae (family) · effect: beneficial
“many plants develop a beneficial relationship with fungi that increases soil contact”
Magdoff F., Van Es H. (2021) · Building Soils for Better Crops: Ecological Management for Healthy Soils (Fourth Edition) · p. 54 #6492056 - mutualism · Neotyphodium spp. → Poaceae · effect: beneficial
“fungi have been found to colonize plants endophytically and successfully reduce nematode infection”
- pathogen pressure · Pythium → Poaceae (family) · effect: harmful
“Pythium blight, i.e., it invades and kills the roots and whole seedlings.”
Unknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 411 #6494077 - pathogen pressure · Claviceps purpurea → Poaceae (family) · effect: harmful
“Claviceps, C. purpurea causing ergot of grain crops, which is poisonous to humans and animals”
Unknown (Unknown) · History of Plant Pathology and Early Significant Plant Diseases (Chapter 1 Introduction) · p. 394 #6494255 - pest pressure · Poaceae (family) weeds / broadleaf weeds (general) → Zea mays · effect: harmful
“accumulation of pests, especially weeds, are thought to be the major factors”
- pest pressure · Mayetiola destructor → Poaceae (family) · effect: harmful
“hydrogen phosphide for control of Hessian fly in hay”
- pest pressure · Poaceae (family) → Zea mays · effect: harmful
“corn following grass sod may suffer serious damage from wireworms”