Claim · #6495226
Vigna unguiculata · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“peanut, cowpea, potato, sweet potato, maize, beans and brassica, secrete organic acids and phosphatases”
- 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
- 110
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Cowpea is listed in the source quote among phosphatase/organic-acid exuders; the inferred extension to maize beneficiary is reasonable, though evidence_tier='inferred' is appropriately flagged.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Cowpea root exudates mobilizing P on acidic soils for intercropped cereals is consistent with established legume-cereal rhizosphere facilitation literature; mechanism is biologically sound.”
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