Claim · #6492078
Phaseolus spp. · mutualism · Zea mays
mutualism · effect: beneficial
mutualistOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Three Sisters stands for soil regeneration, genetic diversity”
- Authors
- Fiebrig I.N. (ed.), Tornaghi C., McAllister G., Moeller N., Pedersen M., Sucholas J., Greinwald A., Ukhanova M., Luick R., Fiebrig I.N., van de Vijver M., van Kan C.J., Tilzey M., Stobart A., Prieto Garcia J., Vieweger A., Westaway S., Whistance L., Kümmritz S., Klocke B., Krähmer A., Johnson M., Sarabia L., Solorio F., Galindo F., González P., Sandoval Castro C.A., Torres F., Ku J., Păcurar F., Reif A., Ruşdea E., Nair M.N.B., Punniamurthy N., Venkatasubramanian P., Balasubramani S.P., Kukkupuni S.K., Weins C., Bombardi L., Peralta M.C.C., Bach A.E.
- Year
- 2023
- Publication
- CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Group
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Phaseolus spp. fix nitrogen via rhizobial symbiosis, enriching soil for co-planted Zea mays; this is well-established in Three Sisters intercropping literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Three Sisters intercropping with Phaseolus nitrogen fixation benefiting Zea mays is well-documented agroecological mutualism; source quote broadly supports the soil-fertility mechanism.”
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