期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
卷 22, 期 4, 页码 449-458出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2004.05.005
关键词
Pisum sativum L.; nitrogen fixation; weeds; pea weevil; organic farming; on-larm monitoring
类别
Grain legumes, especially peas, could play a key role in organic cropping systems. They could provide nitrogen (N) to the system via N, fixation and produce grain rich in protein while improving soil N for the succeeding crop. Thus, maximising N-2 fixation and optimising grain N production together with N contribution to soil is a challenging issue for organic pea crops. However, pest, disease and weed infestation are less easy to control in organic systems than in conventional systems. Therefore, the effects of weed infestation and pea weevil (Sitona lineatus L.) attacks on N nutrition and N2 fixation of organic pea crops were examined by on-farm monitoring over two years. The magnitude of the net contribution of the crops to the soil N balance in relation to their productivity was also assessed. In many situations, weed infestation together with pea weevil damage severely limited the nitrogen nutrition and grain yield. Percentage of N derived from fixation (%Ndfa) increased with weed biomass because weeds appeared more competitive than peas for soil N. But %Ndfa decreased with pea weevil leaf damage score. The interaction between these two biotic factors affected N yields and the net contribution of the crops to soil N. This latter ranged from - 133 k N ha(-1) to 69 kg N ha-1 depending on %Ndfa and nitrogen harvest index (NHI). Optimising both grain N and net balance would require a reduction in root nodule damage by weevil larvae in order to maximise %Ndfa and a reduction in the NHI through the choice of cultivar and/or suitable crop management. (c) 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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