Claim · #6495295
Zea mays · facilitation · Pisum sativum
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“reduced N fertilizer input at the early cogrowth stage in maize/pea intercropping improves N2 fixation”
- 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
- 5
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Staged N fertilizer timing in maize/pea intercrops to leverage legume BNF early and cereal recovery growth late is consistent with established intercrop N-management research.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Reduced early N fertilizer enhances pea N2 fixation (consistent with legume BNF downregulation under high mineral N); late N supports cereal N demand. Mechanism is biologically sound.”
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