Claim · #6492187
Sesbania sesban · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“nitrate-N to 4-m soil depth was only 51 kg N/ha in a 15-month S. sesban fallow”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Deep-rooting leguminous trees capturing subsoil nitrate (51 vs 199 kg N/ha) and releasing N via biomass decomposition is well-documented for Sesbania sesban improved fallows in East Africa.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Sesbania sesban is a well-documented deep-rooting improved-fallow legume in East African agroforestry; the 51 vs 199 kg N/ha contrast in the source quote is consistent with its known nitrate-scavenging and N-cycling mechanism.”
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