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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