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Legumes in Sustainable Cropping Systems

A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Farming Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 2103

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Oqba Basal

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Department of Applied Plant Biology, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: abiotic stress; field crops; crop physiology and nutrition
Prof. Dr. Jozef Sowinski

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Institute of Agroecology and Plant Production, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland
Interests: climate change; soil and plant analysis; crop adaptation to the changing weather conditions; bio-economy; circular economy
Dr. Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy

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Department of Applied Plant Biology, University of Debrecen, Böszörményi Str. 138, 4032 Debrecen, Hungary
Interests: soil; biomass; plant nutrition; bioscience; biotechnology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Legumes are gaining more importance and research interest because of their high content of proteins, in addition to their potential of nitrogen fixation and, consequently, reducing chemical N fertilizers and maintaining sustainability of crop production. Legumes are also engaged in various crop rotations. In a world with a continuously increasing population, agricultural sustainability is inevitable. However, certain issues are constraining this aim, e.g., the susceptibility of some legumes to certain abiotic stresses, water and nutrient demands, etc.

This Special Issue aims to reveal the importance of legumes for sustainable and regenerative agriculture, the obstacles that might lower their integration into such systems and the up-to-date solutions to overcome those obstacles on different levels (morphological, physiological, biochemical and agrotechnical). This Special Issue welcomes original articles, review articles and short communications covering (but not limited to) biology, stress tolerance, agricultural practice and precision agriculture that may contribute to better legume production and crop sustainability.

Dr. Oqba Basal
Prof. Dr. Jozef Sowinski
Dr. Éva Domokos-Szabolcsy
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • biotechnology
  • crop agronomy
  • legume
  • stress tolerance
  • sustainable agriculture

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Lupine Cultivation Affects Soil’s P Availability and Nutrient Uptake in Four Contrasting Soils
by Cristina Mori Alvez, Carlos Perdomo Varela, Pablo González Barrios, Andrea Bentos Guimaraes and Amabelia del Pino Machado
Agronomy 2024, 14(2), 389; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14020389 - 18 Feb 2024
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A substantial amount of phosphorus (P) in the soil is not readily available for plant uptake. Certain species may enhance P availability from poorly soluble P forms. This study focused on improving our comprehension of the effect of two lupine species (L. [...] Read more.
A substantial amount of phosphorus (P) in the soil is not readily available for plant uptake. Certain species may enhance P availability from poorly soluble P forms. This study focused on improving our comprehension of the effect of two lupine species (L. albus and L. angustifolius) on soil’s P mobilization and its link with soil acidity variations, comparing the response of the lupine species in terms of plant traits (i.e., aboveground biomass and nutrient uptake) with that of oats (Avena strigosa L.) in four contrasting soils (i.e., available P in soil, soil acidity, soil fertility, and texture). The phosphorus solubilization capacity was assessed on variations of P availability (PBray1) at four points in time, comparing soils with lupine to oat-containing soils and their baseline values. Compared to soils containing oats, at harvest, lupine soils had significantly increased PBray1 concentrations; the maximum average increment was around 5.3 mg kg−1, with L. albus in Sites 1 and 2, which presented higher organic matter (OM) contents than the other two sites. Lupine-induced soil acidification did not fully explain that P increase. Oats exhibited the highest increase in shoot dry weight in response to soil’s P availability, while lupine was the least affected. Nevertheless, L. albus showed similar or higher nutrient uptake than oats across all soils. The manganese (Mn) concentration was high in both lupine species’ shoot biomass; however, within each lupine species, across all soil types tested, these legumes had different Mn accumulation levels depending on the soil acidity. Lupinus albus had a higher ability to mobilize non-labile P in the light-textured soil with a high OM content, achieving comparable and higher plant P status than oats and providing N through biological N fixation (BNF), positioning it as a suitable crop for diversifying Uruguay’s agricultural crop rotation systems. Full article
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Effect of Common Vetch (Vicia sativa L.) Green Manure on the Yield of Corn in Crop Rotation System
by Vivien Pál and László Zsombik
Agronomy 2024, 14(1), 19; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14010019 (registering DOI) - 21 Dec 2023
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Regenerative farming systems are gaining increasing attention in crop production worldwide. The challenge of the future is to find and apply farming methods that not only reduce the carbon footprint of cultivation, but also produce sustainably through an optimal choice of inputs. We [...] Read more.
Regenerative farming systems are gaining increasing attention in crop production worldwide. The challenge of the future is to find and apply farming methods that not only reduce the carbon footprint of cultivation, but also produce sustainably through an optimal choice of inputs. We set up our crop rotation experiment in 2019 in order to evaluate the role of common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) as a green manure crop in a crop rotation system. The results were compared with nitrogen fertilizer (80 kg ha−1 N) and control (no green manure and no fertilizer) treatments. Based on the three years of results, it can be concluded that the biomass production capacity of common vetch sown in August is determined by the amount of precipitation in October under continental climatic conditions. In an optimum year for corn, common vetch as a forecrop was found to be equivalent to the effect of fertilizer application at all three applied seed rates, but under stress conditions in a drought year, significantly higher corn yields were obtained when common vetch green manure was applied. Our results suggest a justified role for the use of common vetch green manure in crop rotation systems. Full article
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