Claim · #6492186
Gliricidia sepium · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“leaves high in N, low in lignin, low in polyphenols will decompose quickly”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Gliricidia sepium is a well-documented agroforestry N-fixing tree; its high-N, low-lignin, low-polyphenol leaves rapidly mineralizing N to benefit intercropped maize is consistent with established decomposition and synchrony literature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Gliricidia sepium leaves are well-documented as high-N, low-lignin, low-polyphenol biomass with rapid decomposition and N release rates consistent with the stated 35-60% in the first month.”
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