Nitrogen fixation and yield of faba bean, lentil and chickpea in response to selected agricultural practices in Egypt

Abdel-Daiem, M.; Hassan, M. F.; Hamdi, Y.A.; Abdel-Ghaffar, A. S.

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“…However, Izaurralde et al (1995) reported more seed yield under conventional tillage than no‐tillage conditions due to improved rooting conditions and water extraction. According to Abdel‐Daiem et al (1988), no‐tillage increased faba bean seed yield after cotton or maize.…”

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“…Most attention in terms of conservation production systems has focused on cereal crops, and more consideration must be given to legume cropping (Papendick et al, 1988). Abdel‐Daiem et al (1988) claimed that no‐tillage increased average seed and straw yields of faba bean after cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) or maize ( Zea mays L.). Short‐term studies using no‐tillage for legume production showed that faba bean under no‐tillage could generate yields similar to those obtained under conventional tillage (Izaurralde et al, 1993).…”

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“…Nitrogen is seldom limiting if the legumes are well nodulated with effective strains of Rhizobium Many studies on the effects of N fertilizer on field‐grown faba bean have shown that no fertilizer N is needed to attain either large yields or high seed protein concentrations (Bond et al, 1985). Even larger applications of N fertilizer reduced seed yield but increased the dry weight of straw (Abdel‐Daiem et al, 1988). Addition of inorganic fertilizer N to soil reduces the N 2 fixation rate (Mahler et al, 1988).…”

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Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Response to Tillage and Soil Residual Nitrogen in a Continuous Rotation with Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under Rainfed Mediterranean Conditions

López‐Bellido

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Agronomy Journal

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affected by rotation with legumes (Papastylianou, 1993). Ló pez-Bellido et al. (2000) showed, in a long-term ex-The present field study was undertaken to determine the effects periment, the strong response of wheat yield after faba of tillage systems on faba bean (Vicia faba L.) yield over 11 yr and the effects of tillage systems and residual N on faba bean yield, yield bean compared with fallow, chickpea (Cicer arietinum components, and N uptake over 4 yr in a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.), and continuous L.)-faba bean rotation under rainfed Mediterranean conditions. Tillwheat. Faba bean consistently fixed more N than either age treatments included no-tillage and conventional tillage. Nitrogen pea (Pisum sativum L.) or chickpea, even under drought fertilizer rates were 0, 50, 100, and 150 kg N ha Ϫ1 , applied only to conditions. The incorporation of harvest residues results wheat. The weather had a marked influence on seed yield, which in a significant net increase in soil N, provided there ranged from 587 to 2964 kg ha Ϫ1 . Thousand-seed weight rose with are no major nutrient constraints (Carranca et al., 1999). increasing seed yield and seeds per pod, seeds per pod decreasedFaba bean is rarely the main crop in a farming system, with increasing pods per square meter, and harvest index rose with and it is seldom grown continuously on the same land.increasing seeds per pod but decreased with rising pods per squareThe most common practice is rotation of faba bean meter. Over the 11-yr study period, the tillage system did not significantly influence seed yield. However, in three rainy years, conven-

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Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Response to Tillage and Soil Residual Nitrogen in a Continuous Rotation with Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under Rainfed Mediterranean Conditions

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“…Each seed was inoculated with 1 mL of a log phase rhizobial culture (10 9 cells mL −1 ). Growth conditions of faba bean plants were [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25] • C (night/day), a relative humidity of 50%-60%, and a photoperiod of 10 hr. At flowering stage, 50 days after sowing, plants were uprooted and assayed for dry weight of nodules, shoots and roots dry weight, as well as shoot N-uptake by faba bean plants.…”

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“…Globally, the amounts of N 2 -fixed by faba bean were estimated in the range from 45 to 300 kg N·ha −1 [22]. Under different Egyptian field conditions, the amount of N 2 -fixed by this legume ranged between 121 and 171 kg N·ha −1 [23,24].…”

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Improvement of Faba Bean Yield Using Rhizobium/Agrobacterium Inoculant in Low-Fertility Sandy Soil

2017

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Soil fertility is one of the major limiting factors for crop's productivity in Egypt and the world in general. Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) has a great importance as a non-polluting and a cost-effective way to improve soil fertility through supplying N to different agricultural systems. Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is one of the most efficient nitrogen-fixing legumes that can meet all of their N needs through BNF. Therefore, understanding the impact of rhizobial inoculation and contrasting soil rhizobia on nodulation and N 2 fixation in faba bean is crucial to optimize the crop yield, particularly under low fertility soil conditions. This study investigated the symbiotic effectiveness of 17 Rhizobium/Agrobacterium strains previously isolated from different Egyptian governorates in improving the nodulation and N 2 fixation in faba bean cv. Giza 843 under controlled greenhouse conditions. Five strains that had a high nitrogen-fixing capacity under greenhouse conditions were subsequently tested in field trials as faba bean inoculants at Ismaillia Governorate in northeast Egypt in comparison with the chemical N-fertilization treatment (96 kg N·ha −1 ). A starter N-dose (48 kg N·ha −1 ) was applied in combination with different Rhizobium inoculants. The field experiments were established at sites without a background of inoculation under low fertility sandy soil conditions over two successive winter growing seasons, 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. Under greenhouse conditions, inoculated plants produced significantly higher nodules dry weight, plant biomass, and shoot N-uptake than non-inoculated ones. In the first season (2012/2013), inoculation of field-grown faba bean showed significant improvements in seed yield (3.73-4.36 ton·ha −1 ) and seed N-yield (138-153 Kg N·ha −1 ), which were higher than the uninoculated control (48 kg N·ha −1 ) that produced 2.97 Kg·ha −1 and 95 kg N·ha −1 , respectively. Similarly, in the second season (2013/2014), inoculation significantly improved seed yield (3.16-4.68 ton·ha −1 ) and seed N-yield (98-155 Kg N·ha −1 ) relative to the uninoculated control (48 kg N·ha −1 ), which recorded 2.58 Kg·ha −1 and 80 kg N·ha −1 , respectively. Interestingly, faba bean inoculated with strain Rlv NGB-FR 126 showed significant increments in seed yield (35%-48%) and seed N-yield (34%-49%) compared to the inorganic N fertilizers treatment (96 kg N·ha −1 ) over the two cropping seasons, respectively. These results indicate that inoculation of faba bean with effective rhizobial strains can reduce the need for inorganic N fertilization to achieve higher crop yield under low fertility soil conditions.

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Improvement of biological nitrogen fixation in Egyptian winter legumes through better management of Rhizobium

Moawad

El-Din

Abdel-Aziz

1998

Molecular Microbial Ecology of the Soil

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Nitrogen fixation and yield of faba bean, lentil and chickpea in response to selected agricultural practices in Egypt

Cited by 5 publications

References 3 publications

Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Response to Tillage and Soil Residual Nitrogen in a Continuous Rotation with Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under Rainfed Mediterranean Conditions

Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Response to Tillage and Soil Residual Nitrogen in a Continuous Rotation with Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under Rainfed Mediterranean Conditions

Improvement of Faba Bean Yield Using Rhizobium/Agrobacterium Inoculant in Low-Fertility Sandy Soil

Improvement of biological nitrogen fixation in Egyptian winter legumes through better management of Rhizobium

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