Claim · #6493069
Vicia villosa · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“contribute nitrogen to the main crop”
- Authors
- Andow D.A., Ragsdale D.W., Nyvall R.F.
- Year
- 1997
- Publication
- Westview Press / Routledge
- Page
- 178
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Vicia villosa as a nitrogen-fixing legume cover crop benefiting Zea mays is well-documented; facilitation direction and mechanism are biologically consistent.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) is a well-documented nitrogen-fixing legume cover crop; its N contribution to subsequent maize is established in the literature.”
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