Claim · #6492237
Cajanus cajan · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“one-year monocrops of pigeonpea … increased subsequent maize yield by 57%”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Pigeonpea as improved fallow fixing N and benefiting subsequent maize is well-documented; 57% yield increase equivalent to ~38 kg N/ha is within reported ranges for legume-cereal rotations in South Asia.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Pigeonpea improved fallows releasing 30–50 kg N/ha equivalents to subsequent cereals is well-documented in South Asian field trials; 57% yield gain and 38 kg N/ha equivalent are within reported ranges.”
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