Evaluation of the causes of legume yield depression syndrome using an improved diagnostic tool

Fuchs, Jacques; Thuerig, Barbara; Brandhuber, Robert; Bruns, Christian; Finckh, Maria R.; Fließbach, Andreas; Mäder, Paul; Schmidt, Harald; Vogt-Kaute, Werner; Wilbois, Klaus‐Peter; Tamm, Lucius

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.02.013

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“…Despite their ecological and economic importance, legume cultivation remains below expectations due to low and unstable yields, mainly because of biotic and abiotic stresses (Graham & Vance, ; Karkanis et al, ; Zander et al, ). It has repeatedly been shown that successively growing legumes on the same field leads to the build‐up of various root‐infecting fungi, oomycetes, and nematodes, resulting in a phenomenon called “soil fatigue,” also referred to as “legume yield depression syndrome” or “soil sickness” (Bainard et al, ; Emden, Ball, & Rao, ; Fuchs et al, ; Huang et al, ; Li et al, ). Nayyar et al () showed that 11 years of continuous pea monocropping led to a substantial increase in root rot and a concomitant grain yield reduction of 70% compared with a pea–wheat rotation.…”

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“…Some control of soil‐borne diseases is usually achieved through sowing of certified seed, avoidance of infested field plots, and the application of long crop rotation breaks (Katan, ). So far, it has been difficult to diagnose pathogen occurrences in the soil, but a soil‐based bioassay has been developed that can be used to determine the disease potential of agricultural fields (Fuchs et al, ).…”

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Insights to plant–microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes

Wille

Messmer

Studer

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Plant Cell & Environment

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Root and foot diseases severely impede grain legume cultivation worldwide. Breeding lines with resistance against individual pathogens exist, but these resistances are often overcome by the interaction of multiple pathogens in field situations. Novel tools allow to decipher plant-microbiome interactions in unprecedented detail and provide insights into resistance mechanisms that consider both simultaneous attacks of various pathogens and the interplay with beneficial microbes. Although it has become clear that plant-associated microbes play a key role in plant health, a systematic picture of how and to what extent plants can shape their own detrimental or beneficial microbiome remains to be drawn. There is increasing evidence for the existence of genetic variation in the regulation of plant-microbe interactions that can be exploited by plant breeders. We propose to consider the entire plant holobiont in resistance breeding strategies in order to unravel hidden parts of complex defence mechanisms. This review summarizes (a) the current knowledge of resistance against soil-borne pathogens in grain legumes, (b) evidence for genetic variation for rhizosphere-related traits, (c) the role of root exudation in microbe-mediated disease resistance and elaborates (d) how these traits can be incorporated in resistance breeding programmes.

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Insights to plant–microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes

Wille

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Studer

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Plant Cell & Environment

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“…In addition to the increased use of legumes as cover crops (CCs) and living mulches (LMs) there is a growing demand for grain legume cash crops that are an important protein source for animal and human nutrition. Under European conditions these are mainly pea ( Pisum sativum ) and faba bean ( Vicia faba ) that are comonly grown in rotation with cereals [ 13 , 14 ]. Despite their agronomic value, legume production in Europe, in particular pea, has been declining mainly due to problems with soil-borne pathogens and weeds [ 15 – 17 ].…”

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Roots of symptom-free leguminous cover crop and living mulch species harbor diverse Fusarium communities that show highly variable aggressiveness on pea (Pisum sativum)

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Leguminous cover crop and living mulch species show not only great potential for providing multiple beneficial services to agro-ecosystems, but may also present pathological risks for other crops in rotations through shared pathogens, especially those of the genus Fusarium. Disease severity on roots of subterranean clover, white clover, winter and summer vetch grown as cover crop and living mulch species across five European sites as well as the frequency, distribution and aggressiveness to pea of Fusarium spp. recovered from the roots were assessed in 2013 and 2014. Disease symptoms were very low at all sites. Nevertheless, out of 1480 asymptomatic roots, 670 isolates of 14 Fusarium spp. were recovered. The most frequently isolated species in both years from all hosts were F. oxysporum and F. avenaceum accounting for 69% of total isolation percentage. They were common at the Swiss, Italian and German sites, whereas at the Swedish site F. oxysporum dominated and F. avenaceum occurred only rarely. The agressiveness and effect on pea biomass were tested in greenhouse assays for 72 isolates of six Fusarium species. Isolates of F. avenaceum caused severe root rot symptoms with mean severity index (DI) of 82 and 74% mean biomass reduction compared to the non-inoculated control. Fusarium oxysporum and F. solani isolates were higly variable in agressiveness and their impact on pea biomass. DI varied between 15 and 50 and biomass changes relative to the non-inoculated control -40% to +10%. Isolates of F. tricinctum, F. acuminatum and F. equiseti were non to weakly agressive often enhancing pea biomass. This study shows that some of the major pea pathogens are characterized by high ecological plasticity and have the ability to endophytically colonize the hosts studied that thus may serve as inoculum reservoir for susceptible main legume grain crops such as pea.

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“…All of this can indirectly affect N mineralisation and immobilization processes in the soil (Cooper, Scherer, 2012). Fuchs et al (2014) found that depressions of legume yield in organic arable farming have mainly biotic causes.…”

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“…Currently, research on grain legumes is aimed at improving the availability of water and nutrients (Siddique et al, 2012), increasing N 2 fixation (Herridge et al, 2008) and effectiveness of its utilisation, and increasing the yield and protein content (Jensen et al, 2010) by strengthening other qualitative parameters (Voisin et al, 2014). At present, the above-mentioned tasks are being addressed by using complex ecosystembased approaches and innovative tillage techniques (Santín-Montanyá et al, 2014), optimising the sequence of crops in rotation and phytosanitary breaks (Fuchs et al, 2014), mineral and organic fertilising systems (Jannoura et al, 2014) as well as alternative crop maintenance measures (Ebrahimi et al, 2018).…”

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Effect of catch crop, straw management and fertilisation on the productivity of field pea and winter wheat crop sequence

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2020

Zemdirbyste-Agriculture

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The present study aimed to determine the effect of catch crop, straw management and mineral fertilisation on the grain yield and chemical composition of field pea (Pisum sativum L.) and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) on a clay loam (Endocalcari Endohypogleyic Cambisol) (siltic, drainic). The following crop sequence was studied: spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) + white mustard (Sinapis alba L.) as a catch crop or without it → semi leafless field pea → winter wheat. The following management practices were applied: the straw of barley was either removed from the field or retained (chopped and spread); white mustard as a catch crop was incorporated into the soil. Different fertilisation levels were investigated: unfertilised, sustainable and intensive. The retention of barley straw (+N 30 ) resulted in significantly higher soil mineral nitrogen (SMN) content (on average 13.8%) in spring. Negative significant interaction of white mustard cultivation and fertilisation on SMN content in the soil was determined. The decrease in SMN and N-NO 3 resulted in better formation of pea yield components and grain yield. The highest crude protein content was detected in the pea grain, when white mustard mass had been incorporated into the soil and barley straw had been removed from the field. During the second year, white mustard cultivation, straw application as fertiliser and mineral fertilisation had a significant positive effect on SMN content. Winter wheat grain yield was significantly increased by white mustard cultivation (on average 4.9%) and mineral fertilisation (sustainable fertilisation -55.3%, intensive fertilisation -64.5%). Increased fertilisation intensity gave an increase in winter wheat grain crude protein content but smaller amounts of PK in grain. The retention of straw resulted in significant increase in grain crude protein content in sustainable fertilisation treatments, but in decrease in grain PK content in all fertilisation treatments. A positive effect of white mustard was found on grain phosphorus (P) accumulation but negative effect on grain potassium (K) accumulation.

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Evaluation of the causes of legume yield depression syndrome using an improved diagnostic tool

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Insights to plant–microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes

Insights to plant–microbe interactions provide opportunities to improve resistance breeding against root diseases in grain legumes

Roots of symptom-free leguminous cover crop and living mulch species harbor diverse Fusarium communities that show highly variable aggressiveness on pea (Pisum sativum)

Effect of catch crop, straw management and fertilisation on the productivity of field pea and winter wheat crop sequence

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