Claim · #6495171
Phaseolus vulgaris · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“bean-maize milpa intercropping improved food security in Latin America”
- Authors
- Bezner Kerr R., Madsen S., Stuber M., Liebert J., Enloe S., Borghino N., Parros P., Mutyambai D., Prudhon M., Wezel A.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Global Food Security
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Bean-maize milpa is the canonical Mesoamerican polyculture documented from Altieri onward.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Phaseolus BNF and complementary rooting depth improving N supply to maize is well-established soil-fertility science.”
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