Faba bean breeding for drought-affected environments: A physiological and agronomic perspective

HR Khan, JG Paull, KHM Siddique, FL Stoddard - Field Crops Research, 2010‏ - Elsevier
The faba bean (Vicia faba L.) crop often experiences drought during its growth and
development such that soil moisture deficits constrain its production. As droughts are …

[HTML][HTML] Physiological and biochemical basis of faba bean breeding for drought adaptation—A review

MA Muktadir, KN Adhikari, A Merchant, KY Belachew… - Agronomy, 2020‏ - mdpi.com
Grain legumes are commonly used for food and feed all over the world and are the main
source of protein for over a billion people worldwide, but their production is at risk from …

[PDF][PDF] An assessment of faba bean (Vicia faba L.) current status and future prospect

AK Singh, RC Bharati… - African Journal of …, 2013‏ - academicjournals.org
Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is among the oldest crops in the world. Globally, it is third most
important feed grain legume. Currently, 58 countries produce this bean on large scale …

Root tensile strength and root distribution of typical Mediterranean plant species and their contribution to soil shear strength

S De Baets, J Poesen, B Reubens, K Wemans… - Plant and soil, 2008‏ - Springer
In Mediterranean environments, gully erosion is responsible for large soil losses. It has since
long been recognized that slopes under vegetation are much more resistant to soil erosion …

Root distribution and interactions between intercropped species

L Li, J Sun, F Zhang, T Guo, X Bao, FA Smith, SE Smith - Oecologia, 2006‏ - Springer
Even though ecologists and agronomists have considered the spatial root distribution of
plants to be important for interspecific interactions in natural and agricultural ecosystems …

Root characteristics of representative Mediterranean plant species and their erosion-reducing potential during concentrated runoff

S De Baets, J Poesen, A Knapen, GG Barberá… - Plant and Soil, 2007‏ - Springer
Gully erosion is an important soil degradation process in Mediterranean environments.
Revegetation strategies for erosion control rely in most cases on the effects of the above …

Biochar application to a fertile sandy clay loam in boreal conditions: effects on soil properties and yield formation of wheat, turnip rape and faba bean

P Tammeorg, A Simojoki, P Mäkelä, FL Stoddard… - Plant and soil, 2014‏ - Springer
Background and aims We studied the effect of different biochar (BC) application rates on soil
properties, crop growth dynamics and yield on a fertile sandy clay loam in boreal conditions …

Root distribution and soil moisture retrieval in perennial and annual energy crops in Northern Italy

A Monti, A Zatta - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2009‏ - Elsevier
This study focused on root size and distribution of energy crops which may be a reliable
indicator of the capability of these crops to accumulate significant C stocks in the soil. Alike …

Develo** phosphorus-efficient crop varieties—an interdisciplinary research framework

AM Manschadi, HP Kaul, J Vollmann, J Eitzinger… - Field Crops …, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Crop production relies on continuous input of large amounts of phosphorus (P) in form of
mineral fertilisers manufactured from phosphate rock (PR), a finite resource likely to be …

Adapting the CROPGRO legume model to simulate growth of faba bean

KJ Boote, MI Mínguez, F Sau - Agronomy Journal, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
Crop growth models are valuable tools for integrating our understanding of physiological
processes and for hypothesizing and evaluating crop management strategies. Our objective …