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JOURNAL OF FUNGI
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jof9030344
Keywords
intercropping; cultivar mixtures; Vicia-faba; rust
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This study assessed the feasibility of using intercropping or mixtures of susceptible and resistant cultivars to control faba bean rust. Results showed that intercropping with barley significantly reduced rust severity on faba bean, while other combinations had no effect. The barrier effect of barley was identified as the main mechanism explaining rust suppression. Cultivar mixture experiments also showed that rust severity decreased as the proportion of the resistant cultivar increased.
Uromyces viciae-fabae is a highly specific biotrophic fungus that causes faba bean rust, one of the major diseases affecting this crop. We have assessed the feasibility of using intercropping (faba bean mixed with either pea, wheat or barley) or mixtures of susceptible and resistant cultivars to control rust both under field and controlled conditions. The results of four field intercropping experiments showed a significant reduction in rust severity on faba bean when intercropped with barley (average 22% reduction) but not with the other combinations. This reduction was also confirmed in studies under controlled conditions. The barrier effect of barley appears as the main mechanism explaining rust suppression. Additional experiments under controlled conditions showed that intercropping with barley did not influence the N content of faba bean and that different levels of N nutrition had no impact on rust severity in any case. The cultivar mixture field experiments showed that rust severity in the susceptible cultivar decreased as the proportion of the resistant cultivar in the mixture increased. The importance of the barrier effect of the resistant cultivars was determined in an experiment under controlled conditions. It can be concluded that crop diversification offers great potential to reduce rust in faba bean.
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