Claim · #6492190
Erythrina poeppigiana · facilitation · Theobroma cacao
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“nodules of unpruned E. poeppigiana shade trees in cacao plantations disappeared during dry season”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Erythrina poeppigiana is a well-documented N2-fixing legume shade tree in cacao agroforestry; nodule senescence during dry season and 35–60 kg N/ha/yr fixation estimates are biologically consistent with the literature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Rhizobial nodule senescence/disappearance during drought stress is well-documented; the source quote directly supports the extracted claim about dry-season nodule loss in Venezuelan cacao systems.”
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