Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped cowpea had lower stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthesis.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- Intercroppede0
- Outcome
- stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthesise0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Comparator
- sole cowpeae0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Intercropped cowpea had higher values of leaf water potential but lower stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthesis than sole cowpea.”
Title
Physiological responses of maize and cowpea to intercropping
JOSÉ MOACIR PINHEIRO LIMA FILHO Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 2000. doi:10.1590/s0100-204x2000000500008
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Intercropped maize had higher leaf water potential, stomatal conductance and transpiration than sole maize.
- Intervention effect Intercropped maize had higher photosynthesis than sole maize.
- Intervention effect Intercropped cowpea had higher leaf water potential than sole cowpea.
- Intervention effect Intercropping raised maize productivity by 18%.
- Intervention effect Intercropping lowered cowpea productivity by 5%.
- Observation Land Equivalent Ratio was 1.13, indicating an intercropping advantage.
- Observation The maize partial Land Equivalent Ratio was higher and maize was the main contributor to intercropping productivity.