Claim · #6495224
Cucurbita spp. · facilitation · Phaseolus vulgaris
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“Squash acts as groundcover during the early season, reducing competition with early-season weeds and water losses by evaporation”
- Authors
- Brooker R.W., Bennett A.E., Cong W.-F., Daniell T.J., George T.S., Hallett P.D., Hawes C., Iannetta P.P.M., Jones H.G., Karley A.J., Li L., McKenzie B.M., Pakeman R.J., Paterson E., Schob C., Shen J., Squire G., Watson C.A., Zhang C., Zhang F., Zhang J., White P.J.
- Year
- 2015
- Publication
- New Phytologist
- Page
- 109
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Three-sisters squash-as-living-mulch reducing weed competition and evaporation is a canonical agroecological facilitation; source quote directly supports the structured fields.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Squash groundcover demonstrably reduces soil-surface evaporation and improves soil moisture retention; the soil-water-conservation mechanism is well-supported.”
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