Review
Plant Sciences
Haitian Yu, Feng Yang, Chaoqin Hu, Xin Yang, Aiqing Zheng, Yubao Wang, Yongsheng Tang, Yuhua He, Meiyuan Lv
Summary: China is the largest producer of faba bean, accounting for 30% of global production in 2020. The faba bean industry faces challenges such as root rot disease and limited exports. However, new cultivation methods have shown promise in improving yield and income for farmers.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Chaima Chammakhi, Alexandre Boscari, Marie Pacoud, Gregoire Aubert, Haythem Mhadhbi, Renaud Brouquisse
Summary: Drought stress has a profound impact on plants, especially on symbiotic nitrogen fixation. This study discovered that drought-stressed nodules experience severe hypoxia and that phytoglobin-nitric oxide respiration helps maintain their energy state.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Juechen Long, Wenqi Wu, Suli Sun, Yang Shao, Canxing Duan, Yanping Guo, Zhendong Zhu
Summary: This study reported black root rot on faba bean caused by B. rouxiae for the first time, confirmed and expanded the host range of B. rouxiae, and identified faba bean cultivars that were moderately resistant to this pathogen.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
S. M. Nuruzzaman Manik, Md Quamruzzaman, Mark Livermore, Chenchen Zhao, Peter Johnson, Ian Hunt, Sergey Shabala, Meixue Zhou
Summary: Waterlogging is a major threat to crop growth and yield in high rainfall zones. Root cortical aerenchyma (RCA) formation is an important mechanism for waterlogging tolerance. Introducing RCA-QTL into commercial varieties can significantly improve yield under waterlogged conditions without negative effects on plant growth and grain quality.
FIELD CROPS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Adnan Sisic, Jelena Bacanovic-Sisic, Harald Schmidt, Maria R. Finckh
Summary: The survey conducted in Germany from 2016-2019 evaluated the effects of management systems, pedo-climatic conditions, and crop rotation history on faba bean root health, diversity of root rot pathogens, and yield. Results showed that there was no significant difference in root rot incidence between organic and conventional fields, but rotational history had an impact on the isolation frequencies of certain species. Pedo-climatic conditions favored the most prevalent Fusarium species identified in the study.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Lisa Petzoldt, Timo Kautz
Summary: The study compared the root distribution of spring oilseed rape and faba bean in different biopore types. The results showed that oilseed rape primarily grew within the biopores, while faba bean mainly grew in the bulk soil, with no significant differences in nitrogen content between the pore types.
Article
Plant Sciences
Runhong Gao, Guimei Guo, Hongwei Xu, Zhiwei Chen, Yingbo Li, Ruiju Lu, Chenghong Liu, Jianmin Chen
Summary: The study found that under low nitrogen stress, the high nitrogen use efficiency mutant A9-29 exhibited better growth and nitrogen uptake compared to the wild-type barley cultivar Hua30, with larger root area and higher expression levels of nitrogen assimilation genes.
PLANT GROWTH REGULATION
(2021)
Article
Biology
Mona M. Khaleil, Maryam M. Alnoman, Elsayed S. Abd Elrazik, Hayat Zagloul, Ahmed Mohamed Aly Khalil
Summary: The essential oil from fennel seeds showed significant inhibitory effects against Fusarium solani and root rot disease, reducing disease severity and improving plant defense mechanisms.
Article
Horticulture
Dionisios Yfantopoulos, Georgia Ntatsi, Nazim Gruda, Dimitrios Bilalis, Dimitrios Savvas
Summary: This study investigated the impact of preceding crops on the growth, yield, nitrogen fixation efficiency, and nitrogen nutrition of faba bean. The results showed that pea and faba bean as preceding crops resulted in higher pod yield compared to cabbage. This could be attributed to the higher soil nitrogen availability and better symbiotic relationship with rhizobia when legumes were grown as preceding crops. Organic farming also enhanced nitrogen nutrition compared to conventional farming.
Article
Plant Sciences
Frank K. Amoako, Saad Sulieman, Karl H. Muehling
Summary: This study investigates the mineral and carbon metabolism of faba bean nodules under different phosphate conditions. The results show similar growth patterns and biomass partitioning between phosphate and phytate treatments, both differing substantially from the phosphate-deficient treatment. Additionally, the overall elemental phosphorus concentrations in both phosphate and phytate treatments significantly increase compared to the phosphate-deficient treatment. Metabolite analysis reveals no significant differences between phosphate and phytate treatments.
Article
Agronomy
Lisa Petzoldt, Baerbel Kroschewski, Timo Kautz
Summary: The study conducted a pot experiment to investigate the metabolic activity of roots, indicated by pH change, in the presence of biopores in untilled soil layers. The results showed a trend of faster root growth and higher initial pH values in the biopore sheaths compared to bulk soil, suggesting that biopores not only serve as elongation paths for roots, but also provide a favorable environment for root activity in the subsoil.
Article
Plant Sciences
Dimitrios Beslemes, Evangelia Tigka, Ioannis Roussis, Ioanna Kakabouki, Antonios Mavroeidis, Dimitrios Vlachostergios
Summary: This study investigated the contribution of AMF inoculation to the growth and productivity of barley crops in both conventional and organic cropping systems. The results showed that AMF+ plants exhibited higher plant height and leaf area index (LAI), leading to increased biomass and seed yield. The AMF inoculated plants also showed higher values in nitrogen and phosphorus uptake and utilization indices. However, the level of fertilization, particularly inorganic fertilization, had a negative impact on AMF root colonization. It was concluded that substituting inorganic inputs with organic inputs and reducing inputs, combined with AMF inoculation, can make barley crop cultivation sustainable in Mediterranean climates.
Article
Plant Sciences
Samira Brahimi, Omrane Toumatia, Jean Jacques Drevon, Mohamed Lazali, Abdelghani Zitouni
Summary: Legumes have the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen with rhizobia, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers and increasing crop productivity. However, low phosphorus availability is a major limitation for legumes. In this study, three faba bean genotypes were investigated for their phosphorus uptake and use efficiency under low phosphorus availability. The results showed that genotypes with higher phosphorus uptake and use efficiency had higher yields and better adaptation to low phosphorus availability.
JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Beata Pirselova, Emilia Ondruskova
Summary: The study analyzed the differences in cadmium tolerance of fava bean roots in nitrate and chloride solutions, finding that high doses of cadmium affected root growth, leading to increased thickness and cell membrane rupture. Cadmium concentrations also influenced mineral content in the roots.
Article
Agronomy
Karel Klem, Jan Kren, Jan Simor, Daniel Kovac, Petr Holub, Petr Misa, Ilona Svobodova, Vojtech Lukas, Petr Lukes, Hana Findurova, Otmar Urban
Summary: Sensitive methods for estimating N status in malting barley during the vegetation period are crucial to ensure optimal yield and grain quality. Utilizing N nutrition index, N uptake, and artificial neural network based on multiple spectral reflectance wavelengths can significantly improve the accuracy of N status estimation, reducing the impact of various factors such as genotype, sowing density, and year fluctuations.