AgroEco

Claim · #6495581

Cucurbita spp. · facilitation · Phaseolus vulgaris

facilitation · effect: beneficial

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“the 'three sisters' polyculture of maize, beans and squash”
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

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Three-sisters squash-bean facilitation via groundcover and microclimate is biologically reasonable.”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “Groundcover and humidity effects on bean rhizosphere conditions are plausible soil-microclimate facilitation.”

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