Claim · model-written summary
The authors conclude that increasing bioenergy crop diversity can improve farmer economics through yield gains, lower yield variability and reduced weed control inputs.
- Taxon
- bioenergy crope0
- Outcome
- Increasing bioenergy crop diversitye0
- Qualifier
- via increased yield, reduced yield variability, and reduced inputs for weed controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Increasing bioenergy crop diversity can improve farmer economics via increased yield, reduced yield variability, and reduced inputs for weed control”
Title
Diversifying bioenergy crops increases yield and yield stability by reducing weed abundance
Jacob M. Jungers; Yi Yang; Christopher W. Fernandez; et al. Science Advances 2021. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abg8531
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Association Species richness increased biomass yield by reducing weed abundance.
- Association Species richness increased interannual yield stability by reducing weed abundance.
- Mechanism Yield, rather than temporal yield variability, drove stability.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilization increased yield.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilization reduced yield stability.