Legume-rhizobium specificity effect on nodulation, biomass production and partitioning of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

Allito, Bayou Bunkura; Ewusi-Mensah, Nana; Logah, Vincent; Hunegnaw, Demelash Kefale

doi:10.1038/s41598-021-83235-8

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“…Overall, the field study results reveal high yield potential of faba bean cultivars and the controlled‐environment study supports the potential for a significant external contribution of N from BNF by faba bean (∼88% Ndfa). As confirmed in both studies, the amount of N 2 fixation in faba bean is dependent on the cultivar, agronomical practices (e.g., plant density, and N and P fertilization), soil properties, and the presence of appropriate rhizobia bacteria in the soil (Allito et al., 2021; Chen et al., 2018; Schubert et al., 1990; Sprent & Bradford, 1977).…”

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Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and nitrogen fixation estimation of faba bean in western Canada

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Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) has very efficient dinitrogen (N2) fixation, the greatest among grain legumes. The main aims of this study were to investigate the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizers on yield, N and P uptake, and biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) potential of faba bean. Four faba bean cultivars (‘CDC Snowdrop’, ‘219‐16’, ‘Snowbird’, and ‘Tabasco’) were grown in a 2‐yr field experiment at four site‐locations in Saskatchewan, Canada, during 2016 and 2017. In addition, a controlled‐environment study was also conducted to address how P fertilization influences growth and proportion of nitrogen derived from the atmosphere (%Ndfa) through BNF in 2017. Yield was not significantly affected by cultivar, fertilization or site‐location, however, N and P uptake were significantly affected to varying degrees by all three effects. The average faba bean grain yield was 5,280 kg ha–1 in field experiments. Average grain N uptake (117–300 kg N ha–1) and P uptake (15–35 kg P ha–1 and 34–80 kg P2O5 ha–1) were significantly greater than straw N and P uptake in the field. An estimated 88% Ndfa was obtained in the controlled‐environment study and 230 kg N ha–1 of N uptake was observed in aboveground biomass (grain and straw) in the field experiments. Results support the efficiency of N2 fixation in this species in western Canada.

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Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and nitrogen fixation estimation of faba bean in western Canada

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“…Besides, it contains sugars, dietary fibers, starch, minerals, vitamins and essential amino acids (1,2). Interestingly, leguminous pulse crops including blackgram sustain their growth by establishing a symbiotic association with Rhizobium, which fix atmospheric nitrogen in the root nodules (3)(4)(5)(6)(7). In addition to Rhizobium, AM fungi also form a symbiotic association with leguminous crops (8).…”

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Effect of Glomus intraradices spore abundance of the inoculum on percent mycorrhizal colonization and growth of Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper

Selvaraj

2022

Plant Sci. Today

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are well known symbiotic microorganism found to improve the growth of host plant by mobilizing immobile nutrients, mainly phosphorus, from the soil. However, the effect of AM fungi on host plant growth depends on the percentage mycorrhizal colonization, whereas it is not clear that the percent mycorrhization impacts by AM fungal spore abundance of the inoculum. Therefore, the current investigation was conducted to know the effect of percent mycorrhization of Glomus intraradices on the growth of blackgram inoculated with varied numbers of AM fungal spores via seed biotization (1 to 10 AM fungal spores per seed). Percent mycorrhizal colonization and plant growth characteristics of blackgram were recorded after 10, 20 and 30 days of sowing (DOS). Our results are revealed that the percentage of mycorrhizal colonization significantly influenced based on the availability of AM fungal spore richness of the biotized seeds, which leads to altered crop growth. Percent mycorrhizal colonization in the roots of blackgram increased with increasing AM fungal spore abundance per seed and it ranges from 10 to 70 %. Moreover, mycorrhizal colonized plants recorded higher shoot and root length, leaf area, leaf area index, shoot and root biomass production as well as chlorophyll content over control, conversely it was increased further with increasing percent mycorrhizal colonization, which is directly proportional to the richness of the AM fungal spores per seed. Therefore, AM fungal spore abundance is one of the governing factors that influence percent mycorrhizal colonization in roots of plants besides AM fungal and plant species and soil condition.

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“…It is widely acknowledged that inoculation of legumes with effective rhizobia can improve yields and provide a substitute for inorganic fertilizers. Research has recognized inoculation with effective and appropriate rhizobial strain is necessary to improve symbiotic nitrogen fixation and optimize faba bean productivity [72]. These authors also revealed that inoculation affects microbial community by increasing desired rhizobia strain population in the rhizosphere and for successful establishment, inoculants strain must be able to survive in the soil environment and take advantage of an ecological niche to be offered by the roots of the host plant.…”

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“…Therefore, symbiotic performance depends on the abundance of effective rhizobia strain and its competitiveness for nodulation. It is evident that there are diversified faba bean cultivars in Sub-Saharan Africa that are likely to be accompanied by symbiotically effective nitrogen-fixing indigenous Rhizobium strains [72].…”

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Faba Bean Agronomic and Crop Physiology Research in Ethiopia

Dobocha¹,

Bekele²

2022

Legumes Research - Volume 1

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Faba bean is an important pulse crop in terms of protein source, area coverage, and volume of annual production in Ethiopia. The aim of this paper is to assess the agronomic and crop physiology investigations in the past two decades in Ethiopia. The production limiting factors of this crop are low input usage, natural disasters, depletion of macronutrients, and unavailability of essential nutrients. Phosphorus is among the main limiting nutrients in soil systems in Ethiopia. Seed yield and biomass yield of faba bean were increased from 1338 to 1974 kg/ha and from 3124 to 4446 kg/ha when phosphorous was changed from 0 to 52 kg/ha, respectively at Holeta whereas application of 40 kg P ha − 1 resulted in higher grain yield (6323 kg ha−1) and 3303 kg ha−1 at Lemu-Bilbilo and Bore highlands, respectively. The highest grain yield of 32 kg ha−1 was obtained from the application of 92 kg P2O5 ha−1 at Sekela district while application of 46 kg P2O5 ha−1 resulted in a substantial increase in seed yield over unfertilized plots on vertisols of Ambo. On the other hand, the results suggest that using starter nitrogen from 0 to 27 kg/ha has marginally increased faba bean yield but, a farther increase of nitrogen has indicated deteriorate of yield at Arsi zone. Proper plant populations play a crucial role in enhancing faba bean production. Planting faba bean at 30 cm × 15 cm spacing gave the highest grain yield in Duna district while it was 30 × 7.5 cm at vertisols of Ambo University research farm. Significantly higher seed yield (4222 kg/ha) was observed in the 40 cm inter-row spacing as compared to 50 cm inter-row spacing, which gave the lowest seed yield per hectare (3138 kg/ha) on fluvisols of Haramaya University. Intercropping and crop rotation are cropping systems that can increase soil fertility and crop yield. Intercropping of faba bean with barley at Debre Birhan increased land equivalent ratio than both crops when planted as sole. An additional income of 18.5% and 40% was gained than planting sole faba bean and wheat, respectively at Kulumsa. Faba bean can fix about 69 kg/ha nitrogen in Northern Ethiopia. Generally, the current review results showed that only limited studies in organic and bio fertilizer, plant density, and cropping systems were done on faba bean in Ethiopia. Hence, studies regarding soil acidity, organic fertilizer, and secondary plus micronutrient impacts on faba bean production and productivity along soil types and weather conditions need great attention in the future in Ethiopia.

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Legume-rhizobium specificity effect on nodulation, biomass production and partitioning of faba bean (Vicia faba L.)

Cited by 35 publications

References 56 publications

Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and nitrogen fixation estimation of faba bean in western Canada

Nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and nitrogen fixation estimation of faba bean in western Canada

Effect of Glomus intraradices spore abundance of the inoculum on percent mycorrhizal colonization and growth of Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper

Faba Bean Agronomic and Crop Physiology Research in Ethiopia

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