Claim · #6492337
Gliricidia sepium · facilitation · Coffea arabica
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“managed under combination of temporary and permanent shade Gliricidia sepium”
- Authors
- Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P., Fernandes E.C.M.
- Year
- 1999
- Publication
- CRC Press / Lewis Publishers
AI critic verdicts
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Gliricidia sepium is well-documented as a shade/mulch tree in coffee agroforestry; 65% biomass loss in 63 days is consistent with its known rapid decomposition rate in tropical conditions.”
- agroecologist · plausible
“Gliricidia sepium is a well-documented multipurpose shade tree in coffee agroforestry systems, and its rapid leaf-litter decomposition providing mulch and weed suppression is biologically consistent with field evidence from Central America.”
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