Claim · #6495294
Zea mays · facilitation · Glycine max
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“intercrops with maize... yield gains... about four times as large”
- Authors
- Li C., Hoffland E., Kuyper T.W., Yu Y., Zhang C., Li H., Zhang F., van der Werf W.
- Year
- 2020
- Publication
- Nature Plants
- Page
- 1
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Maize-soybean relay strip intercropping with C4/C3 complementarity is well-documented in Chinese agroecology literature; net effect 2.1 Mg/ha is consistent with published meta-analyses.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Resource complementarity in light/water/nutrient capture between C4 maize and C3 soybean, with legume N contribution to soil N cycling, is consistent with established intercropping literature.”
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