Claim · model-written summary
SOC fell by 23% under cowpea, okra and melon after 2010.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatae0 - Treatment
- COMe0
- Outcome
- soil organic carbon (SOC)e0
- Direction
- decreasese0
- Value
- 23e0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Verbatim
e0“percentage decreases in soil organic carbon (SOC), adduced to cowpea - based mixtures, after 2010 cropping season were 9, 18, 27 and 23 for the respective SCC, CM, CC and COM”
Title
B. Osundare International journal of scientific and technology research 2014
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Observation Crop mixtures differed significantly in weed biomass and cowpea yield traits.
- Intervention effect SOC fell by 9% under sole cowpea after 2010.
- Intervention effect SOC fell by 18% under cowpea and maize after 2010.
- Intervention effect SOC fell by 27% under cowpea and cocoyam after 2010.
- Intervention effect SOC rose by 5% under sole cowpea after 2011.
- Intervention effect SOC rose by 14% under cowpea and maize after 2011.
- Intervention effect SOC rose by 21% under cowpea and cocoyam after 2011.
- Intervention effect SOC rose by 27% under cowpea, okra and melon after 2011.
- Observation Total N fell by 8, 31, 23 and 18% across the respective mixtures after 2010.
- Observation Total N rose by 10, 18, 3 and 26% across the respective mixtures after 2011.
- Observation Available P fell by 7, 21, 16 and 26% across the respective mixtures after 2010.
- Observation Available P rose by 9, 21, 16 and 28% across the respective mixtures after 2011.
- Intervention effect Intercropping reduced cowpea seed yield versus sole cowpea.