AgroEco

Claim · #6495961

Vicia villosa · facilitation · Zea mays

facilitation · effect: beneficial

interactsWith GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“167 bu./A for hairy vetch, compared with a no legume/no N fertilizer yield of 134”
Source
Managing Cover Crops Profitably (Third Edition)
Authors
Clark A. (editor)
Year
2007
Publication
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Handbook Series Book 9

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Hairy vetch N credit producing 167 vs 134 bu/A corn matches widely reported field-trial magnitudes.”

  • soil-scientist · plausible

    “Vicia villosa biological N fixation supporting subsequent corn yield is well-documented soil-N dynamic.”

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