Claim · model-written summary
The intercropping system gave earlier soybean grain yield benefits in sandy than clay soils.
- Taxon
- soybeans
Glycine maxe0 - Treatment
- intercropping systeme0
- Outcome
- soybeans grain yielde0
- Direction
- earlier benefitse0
- Comparator
- clay soilse0
- Setting
- sandy soilse0
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Verbatim
e0“the intercropping system was particularly beneficial in sandy soils, where faster biomass decomposition accelerated improvements in soil structure, moisture retention, and nutrient availability, leading to earlier benefits in soybeans grain yield compared to clay soils”
Title
Victória Santos Souza; Jaqueline Balbina Gomes Ferreira; Darliane de Castro Santos; et al. Experimental Agriculture 2025. doi:10.1017/s0014479725100070
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Intervention effect Maize intercropped with U. brizantha cv. Marandu had grain yields comparable to monoculture.
- Intervention effect Maize intercropped with U. brizantha cv. BRS Paiaguás had grain yields comparable to monoculture.
- Observation The two U. brizantha forage species did not significantly compete with maize in the stated site years.
- Intervention effect In Montividiu, maize intercropping with U. brizantha cv. BRS Paiaguás yielded an average LER of 1.13 over three years.
- Mechanism In sandy soils, faster biomass decomposition under intercropping accelerated improvements in soil structure, moisture retention and nutrient availability.
- Recommendation Site-specific management is needed to maximize intercropping benefits and minimize trade-offs.