Claim · #6492245
Calliandra calothyrsus · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“C. calothyrsus (312 kg N ha–1) … reduced soil nitrate throughout the 2-m-deep soil profile”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Calliandra calothyrsus is a well-documented N-fixing leguminous shrub used in African agroforestry; 312 kg N/ha aboveground biomass and deep nitrate depletion in Kenya alley-cropping systems is biologically consistent with literature.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Calliandra calothyrsus is a well-documented N2-fixing leguminous shrub; 312 kg N/ha aboveground accumulation and deep-profile nitrate depletion via deep rooting are biologically consistent with field evidence from East African agroforestry systems.”
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