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Authors conclude productivity and N cycling decrease with mixed growth strategies at moderate N fertilization.
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e0“productivity and N-cycling decreases via complementarity effects when growing mixtures of fast- and slow-growing grasses and a fast-growing legume at moderate level of N-fertilisation.”
Title
Arlete S. Barneze; Natalie J. Oram; Willeke Weewer; et al. Plant and Soil 2025. doi:10.1007/s11104-025-07736-5
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- Intervention effect Four-species mixture productivity matched the best monoculture and two-species mixtures.
- Intervention effect Four-species mixture N uptake matched the best monoculture and two-species mixtures.
- Association The mixture result was associated with increased legume N fixation.
- Intervention effect Fast-growing grass and legume combination increased productivity.
- Intervention effect Fast-growing grass and legume combination reduced soil mineral N.
- Intervention effect Fast grass with slow legume promoted N fixation under low fertilization.