Claim · model-written summary
Species richness increased interannual yield stability by reducing weed abundance.
- Taxon
- bioenergy cropst0
- Material
- species richnesse0
- Interactor
- weede0weed
- Outcome
- interannual yield stabilitye0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“species richness increased yield and interannual yield stability by reducing weed abundance.”
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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.
- Mechanism Yield, rather than temporal yield variability, drove stability.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilization increased yield.
- Intervention effect Nitrogen fertilization reduced yield stability.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that increasing bioenergy crop diversity can improve farmer economics through yield gains, lower yield variability and reduced weed control inputs.