Chickpea and faba bean nitrogen fixation in a Mediterranean rainfed Vertisol: Effect of the tillage system

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 222-230

  López Bellido, Rafael J ^a   López Bellido, Luis ^a   Benítez Vega, Jorge ^a   Muñoz Romero, Verónica ^a   López Bellido, Francisco J ^b   Redondo, Ramón ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

15N enrichment; 15N natural abundance; Grain yield; N uptake; Nodule

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEGUME; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; TILLAGE; VERTISOL; WHEAT;

ANDALUCIA; CORDOBA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

CICER ARIETINUM; FABACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 79953730562     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Aslam M., Mahmood I.A., Peoples M.B. Contribution of chickpea nitrogen fixation to increased wheat production and soil organic fertility in rain-fed cropping. Biol. Fertil. Soils 2003, 38:59-64.
2. Analytical Software, 2005. Statistix 8.1. Tallahassee, FL, USA.
3. Barnes H., Folkard A.R. The determination of nitrates. Analyst 1951, 76:599-603.
4. 15N isotope dilution technique. Eur. J. Agron. 1999, 10:49-56.
5. 2) fixation and soil accretion of nitrogen by grain legume. J. Aust. Inst. Agric. Sci. 1987, 53:78-82.
6. Evans J., McNeill A.M., Unkovich M.J., Fettell N.A., Heenan D.P. Net nitrogen balances for cool-season grain legume crops and contributions to wheat nitrogen uptake: a review. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 2001, 41:347-359.
7. Gómez K.A., Gómez A.A. Statistical Procedures For Agricultural Research 1984, Wiley, New York.
8. García-Torres, L., Romero, F., Mesa, J., 1987. Agronomic problems and chemical control of broomrape (Orobanche spp.) in Spain, studies review, in: Weber, H.C., Forstreuter, W. (Eds.), Proc. of the 4th Symp. on Parasitic Flowering.
9. 2 fixation. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1995, 27:545-551.
10. Herridge D.F., Peoples M.B., Boddey R.M. Global inputs of biological nitrogen fixation in agricultural system. Plant Soil 2008, 311:1-18.
11. 2-fixation estimates in pea. Plant Soil 2007, 298:265-272.
12. Horn C.P., Birch C.J., Dalal R.C., Doughton J.A. Sowing time and tillage practice affect chickpea yield and nitrogen fixation 1. Dry matter accumulation and grain yield. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 1996, 36:695-700.
13. 15N natural abundance in plant-soil system. New Phytol. 1997, 137:179-203.
14. Kempers A.J. Determination of sub-microquantities of ammonium and nitrate in soils with phenol, sodium nitroprusside and hypochlorite. Geoderma 1974, 12:201-206.
15. Kessel C., Hartley C. Agricultural management of grain legumes: has it led to an increase in nitrogen fixation?. Field Crop Res. 2000, 65:165-181.
16. Kumar J., Abbo S. Genetics of flowering time in chickpea and its bearing on productivity in semiarid environments. Adv. Agron. 2001, 72:107-138.
17. Kumar K., Goh K.M. Crop residues and management practices: effects on soil quality, soil nitrogen dynamics, crop yield, and nitrogen recovery. Adv. Agron. 2000, 68:197-319.
18. Larue T., Patterson T.G. How much nitrogen do legumes fix?. Adv. Agron. 1981, 34:15-38.
19. Ledgard S.F., Peoples M.B. Measurements of nitrogen fixation in the field. Advances in Nitrogen Cycling in Agricultural Ecosystems 1988, 351-367. CAB International, Wallingford, UK. J.R. Wilson (Ed.).
20. López-Bellido L., López-Bellido R.J., Castillo J.E., López-Bellido F.J. Effects of tillage, crop rotation, and nitrogen fertilization on wheat under rainfed Mediterranean conditions. Agron. J. 2000, 92:1054-1063.
21. López-Bellido R.J., López-Bellido L. Effects of crop rotation and nitrogen fertilization on soil nitrate and wheat yield under rainfed Mediterranean conditions. Agronomie 2001, 21:509-516.
22. López-Bellido F.J., López-Bellido R.J., Redondo R., López-Bellido L. B value and isotopic fractionation in N2 fixation by chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) and faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Plant Soil 2010, 337:425-434.
23. 2 fixation and influence on soil nitrate and water. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 1998, 49:391-400.
24. McIntosh M.S. Analysis of combined experiments. Agron. J. 1983, 75:153-155.
25. Peoples M.B., Herridge D.F. Nitrogen fixation by legumes in tropical and subtropical agriculture. Adv. Agron. 1990, 44:155-223.
26. 2 fixation of three shrub legumes periodically pruned for forage. Plant Soil 1996, 182:125-137.
27. Peoples M.B., Bowman A.M., Gault R.R., Herridge D.F., McCallum M.H., McCormick K.M., Norton R.M., Rochester I.J., Scammell G.J., Schwenke G.D. Factors regulating the contributions of fixed nitrogen by pasture and crop legumes to different farming systems of eastern Australia. Plant Soil 2001, 228:29-41.
28. Peoples M.B., Hauggaard-Nielsen H., Jensen E.S. The potential environmental benefits and risks derived from legumes in rotations. Agronomy Monograph 52 2009, 349-385. ASA, Madison, Wi. D.W. Emerich, H.B. Krighman (Eds.).
29. Peoples M.B., Unkovich M.J., Herridge D.F. Measuring symbiotic nitrogen fixation by legumes. Agronomy Monograph 52 2009, 125-170. ASA, Madison, Wi. D.W. Emerich, H.B. Krighman (Eds.).
30. Pilbeam C.J., Wood M., Harris H.C., Tuladhar J. Productivity and nitrogen use of three different wheat-based rotations in North West Syria. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 1998, 49:451-458.
31. Rennie R.J., Dubetz S. Nitrogen-15-determined nitrogen fixation in field-grown chickpea, lentil, fababean and field pea. Agron. J. 1986, 78:654-660.
32. Rupela O.P., Saxena M.C. Nodulation and nitrogen fixation in chickpea. The Chickpea 1987, 191-206. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom. M.C. Saxena, K.B. Singh (Eds.).
33. Ryan J., Ibrikci H., Sovrimer R., McNeill A. Nitrogen in rainfed and irrigated cropping systems in the Mediterranean region. Adv. Agron. 2009, 104:53-136.
34. Schwenke G.D., Peoples M.B., Turner G.L., Herridge D.F. Does nitrogen fixation of commercial dryland chickpea and faba bean crops in North-west New South Wales maintain o enhance soil nitrogen?. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 1998, 38:61-70.
35. Souza A., Colozzi-Filho A., Giller K.E. The soil microbial community and soil tillage. Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems 2003, 51-81. CRC Press, London. A. El Titi (Ed.).
36. Somasegaran P., Hoben J.J. Handbook for rhizobia methods in legume-Rhizobium technology 1994, Springer, Heidelberg/New York, p. 450.
37. Turpin J.E., Herridge D.F., Robertson M.J. Nitrogen fixation and soil nitrate interactions in field-grown chickpea (Cicer arietinum) and fababean (Vicia faba). Aust. J. Agric. Res. 2002, 53:599-608.
38. 2 fixation by annual legumes. Field Crop Res. 2000, 65:211-228.
39. Unkovich M.J., Herridge D., Peoples M., Cadisch G., Boddey B., Giller K., Alves B., Chalk P. Measuring plant associated nitrogen fixation in agricultural systems. ACIAR Monogr. No. 2008, 136:p258.
40. Walley F., Fu G., van Groenigen J.-W., van Kessel C. Short-range variability of nitrogen fixation by field-grown chickpea. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2001, 65:1717-1722.
41. Walley F.L., Clayton G.W., Miller P.R., Carr P.M., Lafond G.P. Nitrogen economy of pulse crop production in the Northern Great Plains. Agron. J. 2007, 99:1710-1718.