Claim · model-written summary
Intercropped systems significantly boosted melon yield.
- Taxon
- melon
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Cucumis meloe4 - Treatment
- intercropped systemse4
- Outcome
- melon yielde4
- Direction
- boostede4
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“A first-year melon/cowpea intercropping system improves soil nutrients and changes the soil microbial community”
e4“The intercropped systems significantly boosted the total nitrogen, available phosphorus and total organic carbon levels in addition to the melon yield”
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 Intercropping enhanced acid phosphatase and β-glucosidase activity compared with the melon monocrop.
- Recommendation Melon/cowpea intercropping from the first year provides a stable supply of food and income.
- Recommendation Melon/cowpea intercropping from the first year is beneficial for the soil microbial community and environment.