Claim · model-written summary
Diversified systems improved fungal richness by 52% over the control.
- Treatment
- diversified systemse0
- Outcome
- fungal richnesse0
- Direction
- improvede0
- Value
- 52%e0
- Comparator
- controle0
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Verbatim
e0“Compared to the control, diversified systems significantly improved maize yield (271%), residue cover (210%), macrofauna abundance (253%), and fungal richness (52%)”
Title
Which soil health indicators best track diversification benefits in tropical agroecosystems?
Anna M. Visscher; Simon Fonteyne; Mirjam Pulleman; et al. Applied Soil Ecology 2026. doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2026.107152
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- Intervention effect Diversified systems improved maize yield by 271% over the control.
- Intervention effect Diversified systems improved residue cover by 210% over the control.
- Intervention effect Diversified systems improved macrofauna abundance by 253% over the control.
- Intervention effect Diversified systems enhanced aggregate stability by 18% over the control.
- Intervention effect Diversified systems had SIR rates 34% higher than the control.
- Method / resource POM, POXC, and PMN were the most sensitive physicochemical indicators.
- Method / resource Macrofauna metrics and enzyme activity showed high responsiveness but greater variability.
- Recommendation The authors recommend soil cover, POM, POXC, PMN, and macrofauna as a practical low-cost core indicator set for smallholders.
- Recommendation The authors recommend SIR for additional sensitivity when resources permit.