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Recent progress and potential future directions to enhance biological nitrogen fixation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.).
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Jithesh, Tamanna James, Euan K. Iannetta, Pietro P. M. Howard, Becky Dickin, Edward Monaghan, James M. |
| Description | The cultivation of faba beans offers economic and environmental benefits as a result of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). In this review, we summarize the recent progress in enhancing BNF in the crop and suggest directions for future research. AbstractThe necessity for sustainable agricultural practices has propelled a renewed interest in legumes such as faba bean (Vicia faba L.) as agents to help deliver increased diversity to cropped systems and provide an organic source of nitrogen (N). However, the increased cultivation of faba beans has proven recalcitrant worldwide as a result of low yields. So, it is hoped that increased and more stable yields would improve the commercial success of the crop and so the likelihood of cultivation. Enhancing biological N fixation (BNF) in faba beans holds promise not only to enhance and stabilize yields but also to increase residual N available to subsequent cereal crops grown on the same field. In this review, we cover recent progress in enhancing BNF in faba beans. Specifically, rhizobial inoculation and the optimization of fertilizer input and cropping systems have received the greatest attention in the literature. We also suggest directions for future research on the subject. In the short term, modification of crop management practices such as fertilizer and biochar input may offer the benefits of enhanced BNF. In the long term, natural variation in rhizobial strains and faba bean genotypes can be harnessed. Strategies must be optimized on a local scale to realize the greatest benefits. Future research must measure the most useful parameters and consider the economic cost of strategies alongside the advantages of enhanced BNF. |
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| Page Count | 14 |
| Volume Number | 5 |
| DOI | 10.1002/pei3.10145 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC11109504 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| PubMed reference number | 38779338 |
| Journal | Plant-Environment Interactions [Plant Environ Interact] |
| e-ISSN | 25756265 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | John Wiley and Sons Inc. |
| Publisher Date | 2024-05-21 |
| Publisher Place | Hoboken |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2024 The Author(s). Plant‐Environment Interactions published by New Phytologist Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. |
| Subject Keyword | biological nitrogen fixation faba bean legume mineral nutrition residual nitrogen rhizobia yield variability |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics |
