Claim · #6492197
Leucaena leucocephala · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“fine-root-biomass production by L. leucocephala was only 510 kg/ha during a cropping season of about 120 days”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Leucaena alley cropping with maize in Kenya is well-documented; 510 kg/ha fine-root biomass over 120 days is a biologically reasonable magnitude consistent with published alley-cropping literature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“510 kg/ha fine-root biomass over 120 days for Leucaena in alley cropping is a modest, biologically credible value; source quote directly supports the extracted claim.”
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