Claim · #6492148
Faidherbia albida · facilitation · Sorghum bicolor
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“sheds its leaves at the onset of the wet season, permitting enough light for sorghum and millet”
- Authors
- Altieri M.A., Farrell J.G., Hecht S.B., Liebman M., Magdoff F., Murphy B., Norgaard R.B., Sikor T.O.
- Year
- 1995
- Publication
- CRC Press / Westview Press
- Page
- 117
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Faidherbia albida's reverse-leaf phenology and nitrogen-fixation (Fabaceae/Rhizobium symbiosis) enriching soil under associated cereals is well-documented in African parkland agroforestry literature.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Faidherbia albida's reverse-leaf phenology (deciduous in wet season) and nitrogen fixation benefiting understorey cereals like sorghum is well-documented in African agroforestry literature; source quote directly supports the mechanism.”
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