Growth and nitrogen fixation in dhaincha/sorghum and dhaincha/sunflower intercropping systems using 15nitrogen and 13carbon natural abundance techniques

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 40, Issue 19-20, 2009, Pages 2995-3014

  Kurdali, F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Intercropping; N2 fixation; Sesbania; Sorghum; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DICOTYLEDON; DRY MATTER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; INTERCROPPING; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NODULATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SORGHUM;

HELIANTHUS; SESBANIA; SESBANIA CANNABINA;

EID: 77949348961     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620903261577     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. 2 fixation, and rhizobial interstrain competition in soybean and bean, intercropped with maize.Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21:155-159.
2. 15N natural abundance. Plant and Soil 52:269-280.
3. Arslan, A., and F. Kurdali. 1996. Rainfed vetch-barley mixed cropping in the Syrian semi-arid conditions, II: Water use efficiency and roots distribution. Plant and Soil 183:149-160.
4. Association of Official Analytical Chemists (AOAC). 1990. Official methods of analysis 966.23, 15th ed. Washington, D.C.: Association of Official Analytical Chemists.
5. Berkasem, B., K. Rerkasem, M. B. Peoples, D. F. Herridge, and F. J. Bergersen. 1988. Measurement of N2 fixation in maize (Zea mays L.)-ricebean (Vigna umbellate [Thunb.] Ohwi and Ohashi) intercrops. Plant and Soil 108:125-135.
6. Brugnoli, E., and M. Lauteri. 1991. Effects of salinity on stomatal conductance, photosynthetic capacity, and carbon isotope discrimination of salt-tolerant (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and salt-sensitive (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) C3 nonhalophytes. Physiology 95:628-635.
7. Danso, S. K. A., F. Zapata, and G. Hardarson. 1987. Nitrogen fixation in faba beans as affected by plant population density in sole or intercropped systems with barley. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 19:411-415.
8. Domenach, A. M., and A. Chalamet. 1979. Estimates d'azote par le soja a l'aide de deux méthodes d'analyses isotopiques. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 289:291-294.
9. Ehleringer, J. R. 1990. Correlation between carbon isotope discrimination and leaf conductance to water vapor in common beans. Plant Physiology 93:1422-1425.
10. Ehleringer, J. R., C. B. Field, Z. F. Lin, and C. Y. Kuo. 1986. Leaf carbon isotope and mineral composition in subtropical plants along an irradiance cline. Oecologia 70:520-526.
11. Fageria, N. K. 1992. Maximizing crop yield. New York: Marcel Dekker.
12. Farquhar, G. D., J. R. Ehleringer, and K. T. Hubick. 1989. Carbon isotope discrimination and photosynthesis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology 40:503-537.
13. Farquhar, G. D., and A. Richards. 1984. Isotopic composition of plant carbon correlates with water-use efficiency of wheat genotype. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 11:539-552.
14. Fujita, K., S. Ogata, K. Matsumoto, T. Masuda, G. K. Ofosu-Budu, and K. Kuwata. 1990. Nitrogen transfer and dry matter production in soybean and sorghum mixed cropping system at different population densities. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 36:233-241.
15. Giller, K. E., and J. Wilson. 1993. Nitrogen fixation in tropical cropping Systems. Oxon, UK: CAB International.
16. Hardarson, G., S. K. A. Danso, and F. Zapata. 1988. Dinitrogen fixation measurements in alfalfa-ryegrass swards using nitrogen-15 and influence of the reference crop. Crop Science 28:101-105.
17. Haynes, R. J. 1980. Competitive aspects of the grass-legume association. Advances in Agronomy 33:227-261.
18. Izaurralde, R. C., W. B. McGill, and N. G. Juma. 1992. Nitrogen fixation efficiency, interspecies N transfer, and root growth in barley field pea intercrop on a black chernozemic. Biology and Fertility of Soil 13:11-16.
19. Kandel, H. J., A. A. Schneiter, and B. L. Johnson. 1997. Intercropping legumes into sunflower at different growth stages. Crop Science 37:1532-1537.
20. Knight, J. D., J. E. Thies, P. W. Singleton, and C. Van Kessel. 1995. Carbon isotope composition on N2-fixing and N-fertilized legumes along elevational gradient. Plant and Soil 177:101-109.
21. Kurdali, F. 2004. Estimates of dry matter yield and N uptake in sorghum grown on saline and non-saline soils manured with dhaincha plant residues. Journal of Plant Nutrition 27:1611-1633.
22. Kurdali, F., A. M. Domenach, and R. Bardin. 1990. Alder-poplar association: Determination of plant nitrogen sources by isotope techniques. Biology and Fertility of Soil 9:321-329.
23. 15N tracer technique. Journal of Plant Nutrition 25:2483-2498.
24. 15N isotopic dilution technique. Journal of Plant Nutrition 30:1605-1621.
25. Kurdali, F., M. Janat, and K. Khalifa. 2003. Growth and nitrogen fixation and uptake in dhaincha/sorghum intercropping system under saline and nonsaline conditions. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 34:2471-2494.
26. 15N isotopic dilution. Plant and Soil 183:137-148.
27. Lambrides, C. J., S. C. Chapman, and R. Shorter. 2004. Genetic variation for carbon isotope discrimination in sunflower: Association with transpiration efficiency and evidence for cytoplasmic inheritance. Crop Science 44:1642-1653.
28. Mead, R., and R. W. Willy. 1980. The concept of a ''land equivalent ratio'' and advantages in yield from intercropping. Experimental Agriculture 16:217-228.
29. O'Leary, M. H. 1980. Carbon isotope discrimination in plants. Phytochemistry 20:553-567.
30. 15N dilution method. Plant and Soil 102:149-160.
31. Poorter, H., and M. L. Navas. 2003. Plant growth and competition at elevated CO2: On winners, losers, and functional groups. New Phytologist 157:175-198.
32. Sandhu, G. R., and M. I. Haq. 1981. Economic utilization and amelioration of salt-affected soils. In Membrane biophysics and salt tolerance in plants, ed. R. H. Qureshi, S. Muhammad, and M. Aslam, 111-114. Faisalabad, Pakistan: University of Agriculture.
33. Sandquist, D. R., and J. R. Ehleringer. 2003. Carbon isotope discrimination differences within and between contrasting populations of Encelia farinosa raised under common-environment conditions. Oecologia 134:463-470.
34. 15N abundance (review). Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 13:699-756.
35. Snoeck, D., F. Zapata, and A. M. Domenach. 2000. Isotopic evidence of the transfer of nitrogen fixed by legumes to coffee trees. Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment 4:95-100.
36. Tobita, S., O. Ito, R. Matsunaga, T. P. Rao, T. J. Rego, C. Johansen, and T. Yoneyama. 1994. Field evaluation of nitrogen fixation and use of nitrogen fertilizer by sorghum/pigeonpea intercropping on an alifisol in the Indian semi-arid tropics. Biology and Fertility of Soils 17:241-248.
37. Zarkawi, M., M. R. Al-Masri, and K. Khalifa. 2003. Research note: An observation on yield and nutritive value of Sesbania aculeata and its feeding to Damascus does. Tropical Grasslands 37:187-192.