Claim · #6492221
Phaseolus vulgaris · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“LER_Y = 800/1200 + 600/800 = 1.42”
- Authors
- Connor D.J., Loomis R.S., Cassman K.G.
- Year
- 2011
- Publication
- Cambridge University Press
- Page
- 63
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Bean N-fixation benefiting intercropped maize is well-established; LER=1.42 from the arithmetic shown is internally consistent and within reported ranges for low-N sites.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Maize-bean intercropping LER >1.0 is well-documented; N-fixation benefit and resource partitioning mechanism are textbook agroecology; LER 1.42 arithmetic checks out from the source quote.”
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