creators_name: Driouech, Noureddin
creators_name: Abou Fayad, Fady
creators_name: Ghanem, Ala'a
creators_name: Al-Bitar, Lina
editors_name: Neuhoff, Daniel
editors_name: Halberg, Niels
editors_name: Alfodi, Thomas
editors_name: Lockeretz, William
editors_name: Thommen, Andreas
editors_name: Rasmussen, Ilse.A.
editors_name: Hermansen, John
editors_name: Vaarst, Mette
editors_name: Lueck, Loran
editors_name: Caporali, Fabio
editors_name: Hogh Jensen, Henning
editors_name: Migliorini, Paola
editors_name: Willer, Helga
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2008-07-31
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:39:55
metadata_visibility: show
title: Agronomic performance of annual self-reseeding legumes and their self-establishment potential in the Apulia region of Italy.
ispublished: pub
subjects: 4nutrient
subjects: 1pasture
subjects: 5vegetables
full_text_status: public
keywords: annual self-reseeding legumes, Trifolium spp., Medicago spp., biological nitrogen fixation, Mediterranean region
abstract: The agronomic performance, biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) ability and self-establishment potential of seven species of annual self-reseeding legumes were investigated in Apulia region, Italy. For the first cropping cycle (2005-2006) preliminary results showed that Trifolium spp. performed better than Medicago spp. Among the seven species, five were more suitable to the site’s conditions.  T. angustifolium and M. polymorpha gave the best results. T. angustifolium fixed 131.7 kg ha-1 year of nitrogen (15N isotope dilution method), produced 1976 kg ha-1 of seeds and 8.7 t ha-1 of dry matter (DM). M. radiata and M. rigidula were the less performing. During the second cropping cycle (2006-2007) results showed that Trifolium spp. self-established better than Medigaco spp. Regenerated species appeared to sustain optimum level of BNF. Again T. angustifolium was the best performing species producing the highest DM (7.7 t ha-1) and fixing nitrogen (146.7 kg) N ha-1 symbiotically. In contrast, M. polymorpha, was the less performing (0.3 t ha-1 of DM and 11.5 kg ha1 of BNF) while M. rigidula and M. radiata did not regenerate. Given the overall performance of all species, it was determined that T. angustifolium had the greatest potential for further development in this environment.
date: 2008
date_type: published
publication: Cultivating the future based on science: Proceeding of the second conference of the international society of organic agriculture research (ISOFAR)
volume: Organic crop production
number: 1
publisher: ISOFAR
pagerange: 396-399
refereed: yes
citation: Driouech, Noureddin; Abou Fayad, Fady; Ghanem, Ala'a and Al-Bitar, Lina (2008) Agronomic performance of annual self-reseeding legumes and their self-establishment potential in the Apulia region of Italy. 16° IFOAM Organic World Congress: Cultivating the future, Modena, Italy, June 16-20, 2008. In: Neuhoff, Daniel; Halberg, Niels; Alfodi, Thomas; Lockeretz, William; Thommen, Andreas; Rasmussen, Ilse.A.; Hermansen, John; Vaarst, Mette; Lueck, Loran; Caporali, Fabio; Hogh Jensen, Henning; Migliorini, Paola and Willer, Helga (Eds.) Cultivating the future based on science: Proceeding of the second conference of the international society of organic agriculture research (ISOFAR), ISOFAR, Organic crop production (1), pp. 396-399.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/13835/1/Driouech_Noureddin_legumes_ISOFAR_Revised01.pdf