AgroEco

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Gliricidia sepium · facilitation · Arachis hypogaea

facilitation · effect: beneficial

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“alley cropping system involving Gliricidia sepium with maize and groundnut produced 1.1 Mg/ha/yr of root biomass”
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 nitrogen-fixing alley cropping tree; 1.1 Mg/ha/yr root biomass in 0-50 cm depth is agronomically reasonable for this species.”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “1.1 Mg/ha/yr root biomass in 0-50 cm for Gliricidia alley cropping is biologically reasonable; source quote supports the structured claim.”

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