Claim · #6496287
Mucuna pruriens · facilitation · Zea mays
facilitation · effect: beneficial
interactsWith GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“SP rotation and monoculture maize produced similar amounts of grain on a 2-y basis”
- Source
- Biodiversity can support a greener revolution in Africa
- Authors
- Snapp S.S., Blackie M.J., Gilbert R.A., Bezner-Kerr R., Kanyama-Phiri G.Y.
- Year
- 2010
- Publication
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA
- Page
- 20842
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Mucuna pruriens-maize rotation maintaining grain yields at halved fertilizer rates matches Snapp et al. and Carsky/Sanginga literature on velvet bean systems. BNF + smother-crop weed suppression + biomass return are well-characterized mechanisms.”
- soil-scientist · plausible
“Mucuna fixes 100-300 kg N/ha and produces 6-10 t/ha biomass. Equivalent maize grain at 50% fertilizer is mechanistically sound given the residual N pool and SOM contributions from high-quality legume residues.”
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