AgroEco

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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