Claim · #6492216
Fabaceae (family) · facilitation · Poaceae (family)
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“legume/nonlegume combinations generate on average an LER of greater than 1.0”
- Authors
- Vandermeer J.H.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- Page
- 80
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Legume/nonlegume intercrop LER > 1.0 is well-documented across global meta-analyses; nitrogen facilitation mechanism and effect direction are biologically consistent.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Nitrogen fixation by legumes supplying companion grasses driving LER>1.0 in intercrop meta-analyses is well-supported soil-nitrogen-facilitation biology.”
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