AgroEco

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Mucuna pruriens · facilitation · Asparagus officinalis

facilitation · effect: beneficial

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“planting a row of cowpeas or velvet beans between the rows”
Source
Commercial Vegetable Production in Hawaii
Authors
Krauss F.G.
Year
1932
Publication
University of Hawaii Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin No. 16
Page
59

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Mucuna pruriens is a classic tropical green-manure legume; intercropping with asparagus for N is consistent with the source quote.”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “Velvet bean is a robust N-fixer widely used as green manure; supports asparagus N supply when incorporated.”

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