AgroEco

Claim · #6492195

Theobroma cacao · facilitation · Cordia alliodora

facilitation · effect: beneficial

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“five-year-old stand of Theobroma cacao and Cordia alliodora with above-ground biomass store of 45.9 Mg/ha”
Authors
Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
Year
1999
Publication
CRC Press / Lewis Publishers

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Cacao-Cordia alliodora agroforestry systems are well-documented in Central America; 45.9 Mg/ha above-ground biomass at 5 years is biologically reasonable for a mixed perennial system.”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “Above-ground biomass of 45.9 Mg/ha for a 5-year cacao/Cordia alliodora mixed system in Costa Rica is agronomically reasonable; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”

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