Claim · model-written summary
Melon/cowpea intercropping from the first year provides a stable supply of food and income.
- Taxon
- melon/cowpea
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Cucumis melo
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Outcome
- stable supply of food and incomee6
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Verbatim
t0“A first-year melon/cowpea intercropping system improves soil nutrients and changes the soil microbial community”
e6“Results from this study suggest that melon/cowpea intercropping, starting from the first year, not only provides a stable supply of food and income due to the diversified cropping systems, but is also beneficial for the soil microbial community and environment”
Title
Jessica Cuartero; Jose Antonio Pascual; Juana-María Vivo; et al. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 2022. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2022.107856
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect The intercropping system changed the bacterial community structure independently of the intercropping pattern.
- Observation The bacterial community had a higher abundance of the phyla Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes and of the genus Pseudomonas.
- Observation The bacterial community had greater amounts of other beneficial microorganisms such as Bacillus, Streptomyces and Sphingomonas.
- Intervention effect Intercropped systems significantly boosted total nitrogen, available phosphorus and total organic carbon levels in the soil.
- Intervention effect Intercropped systems significantly boosted melon yield.
- Intervention effect Intercropping enhanced acid phosphatase and β-glucosidase activity compared with the melon monocrop.
- Recommendation Melon/cowpea intercropping from the first year is beneficial for the soil microbial community and environment.