Intercropping maize and common bean enhances microbial carbon and nitrogen availability in low phosphorus soil under Mediterranean conditions

Latati, Mourad; Aouiche, Adel; Tellah, Sihem; Laribi, Abdelkader; Benlahrech, Samia; Kaci, Ghiles; Ouarem, Faiza; Ounane, Sidi Mohamed

doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2017.03.003

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“…It is likely that specific practices to maintain soil fertility varied across the Iroquoian region both spatially and chronologically. Intercropping maize with common bean can result in increased availability of nitrogen to maize [24, [45][46][47]. The annual incorporation of unburned crop detritus into the mounds would have maintained soil organic matter, which in turn, provided needed mineralized nitrogen for maize production [21,24,34,[45][46][47]; a critical aspect of agronomic systems in naturally fertile temperate soils [48,49].…”

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“…Intercropping maize with common bean can result in increased availability of nitrogen to maize [24, [45][46][47]. The annual incorporation of unburned crop detritus into the mounds would have maintained soil organic matter, which in turn, provided needed mineralized nitrogen for maize production [21,24,34,[45][46][47]; a critical aspect of agronomic systems in naturally fertile temperate soils [48,49]. To the east of the Iroquoian region, archaeologically excavated mounds in a seventeenth-century AD agricultural field on Cape Cod, Massachusetts evinced intensive use of organic inclusions, including fish [8,37].…”

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“…Agronomic systems that included annual burning of fields may have increased plantavailable nitrogen [44,79] while the incorporation of charcoal from maize detritus into "corn hills" may have helped maintain plant-available nitrogen [80] and in some cases increased plant nitrogen uptake [81]. Intercropping maize with common bean may also have enhanced the availability of nitrogen to maize [45][46][47].…”

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Using Maize δ15N values to assess soil fertility in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ad Iroquoian agricultural fields

Hart

Feranec

2020

PLoS ONE

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Native Americans developed agronomic practices throughout the Western Hemisphere adapted to regional climate, edaphic conditions, and the extent of dependence on agriculture for subsistence. These included the mounding or "corn hill" system in northeastern North America. Iroquoian language speakers of present-day New York, USA, and Ontario and Qué bec, Canada were among those who used this system. While well-known, there has been little archaeological documentation of the system. As a result, there is scant archaeological evidence on how Iroquoian farmers maintained soil fertility in their oftenextensive agricultural fields. Using δ 15 N values obtained on fifteenth-and sixteenth-century AD maize kernels from archaeological sites in New York and Ontario, adjusted to take into account changes that result from charring as determined through experiments, we demonstrate that Iroquoian farmers were successful at maintaining nitrogen in their agricultural fields. These results add to our archaeological knowledge of Iroquoian agronomic practices. Our results also indicate the potential value of obtaining δ 15 N values on archaeological maize in the investigation of Native American agronomic practices. OPEN ACCESS Citation: Hart JP, Feranec RS (2020) Using Maize δ 15 N values to assess soil fertility in fifteenth-and sixteenth-century ad Iroquoian agricultural fields. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0230952. https://doi.org/ 10.Groups using the mounding system in northeastern North American included Iroquoian language family speaking peoples in present-day New York, USA, and Ontario and Québec, Canada. From the fourteenth century AD onwards, Iroquoians lived in villages and towns that were occupied for 20 to 40 years or more [9] and housed hundreds to well over 1,000 individuals [10][11][12]. A major source of calories for these communities derived from agricultural produce, primarily maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) [13], but also other crops, including common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), squash (Cucurbita pepo), and sunflower (Helianthus annuus) [14]. Non-cultivated foods included a wide range of terrestrial animals and plants [14,15], but with freshwater fish being an important source of animal protein for at least some populations [16,17]. The only domesticated animal present was dog (Canis lupus familiaris), which was consumed occasionally at feasts and ceremonies [18].The typical seventeenth-century AD ethnohistorically documented Iroquoian agricultural field consisted of many small mounds measuring approximately 46-120 cm in diameter and spaced 76-180 cm apart, which were formed with wooden, bone, antler, or stone hoes ([18], p. 178). Each mound contained 3-4 maize plants [18]. Common bean vines often were grown in the same hills with maize whose stalks acted as climbing poles for the bean vines, while squash vines were planted at intervals and occupied spaces around the mounds [19,20]. These fields were highly productive with some estimates suggesting they surpassed that of contemporaneous European and Euro-American farms [21]. While t...

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Using Maize δ15N values to assess soil fertility in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ad Iroquoian agricultural fields

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Feranec

2020

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“…The second practice is the most applied for ecological intensification in Algerian agricultural practices. In both cases, this practice is not profitable and does not allow either to satisfy the needs of the Algerian population or to better restore soil fertility [15,17]. Finding solutions for the Algerian soil problems to replace fallow systems by more profitable agricultural practices is, therefore, currently a major concern.…”

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Species Interactions Improve Above-Ground Biomass and Land Use Efficiency in Intercropped Wheat and Chickpea under Low Soil Inputs

Latati

Dokukin

Aouiche³

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Little is known about how the performance of legumes symbiosis affects biomass and nutrient accumulation by intercropped cereals under the field condition. To assess the agricultural services of an intercropping system; durum wheat (Triticum turgidum durum L.cv. VITRON) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.cv. FLIP 90/13 C) were cultivated as both intercrops and sole cropping during two growing seasons under the field trial, to compare plant biomass, nodulation, N and phosphorus (P) uptake, and N nutrition index. Both the above-ground biomass and grain yield and consequently, the amount of N taken up by intercropped durum wheat increased significantly (44%, 48%, and 30%, respectively) compared with sole cropping during the two seasons. However, intercropping decreased P uptake by both durum wheat and chickpea. The efficiency in use of rhizobial symbiosis (EURS) for intercropped chickpea was significantly higher than for chickpea grown as sole cropping. The intercropped chickpea considerably increased N (49%) and P (75%) availability in durum wheat rhizosphere. In the case of chickpea shoot, the N nutrition (defined by the ratio between actual and critical N uptake by crop) and acquisition were higher in intercropping during only the first year of cropping. Moreover, biomass, grin yield, and resource (N and P) use efficiency were significantly improved, as indicated by higher land equivalent ratio (LER > 1) in intercropping over sole cropping treatments. Our findings suggest that change in the intercropped chickpea rhizosphere-induced parameters facilitated P and N uptake, above-ground biomass, grain yield, and land use efficiency for wheat crop.

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“…Legume intercropping help in reducing the external input of nitrogen fertilisers. Intercropped legumes enhance the availability of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), crop growth and nutrient use efficiency (Latati et al 2013;Lazali et al 2016;Latati et al 2017). Intercropping of maize with legumes reduces nitrate leaching and synthetic fertilisers input and enhances agrobiodiversity, soil health and crop yield (von Cossel et al 2017).…”

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Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

Singh

2017

Energ. Ecol. Environ.

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Sustainable food production is one of the major challenges of the twenty-first century in the era of global environmental problems such as climate change, increasing population and natural resource degradation including soil degradation and biodiversity loss. Climate change is among the greatest threats to agricultural systems. Green Revolution though multiplied agricultural production several folds but at the huge environmental cost including climate change. It jeopardized the ecological integrity of agroecosystems by intensive use of fossil fuels, natural resources, agrochemicals and machinery. Moreover, it threatened the age-old traditional agricultural practices. Agriculture is one of the largest sectors that sustain livelihood to maximum number of people and contribute to climate change. Therefore, a climate-smart approach to sustainable food production is the need of hour. Traditional agriculture is getting increased attention worldwide in context of sustainable food production in changing climate. The present article advocates traditional agriculture as a climate-smart approach for the sustainable food production and also deliberates the correlation between climate change and agriculture.

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Intercropping maize and common bean enhances microbial carbon and nitrogen availability in low phosphorus soil under Mediterranean conditions

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Using Maize δ15N values to assess soil fertility in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ad Iroquoian agricultural fields

Using Maize δ15N values to assess soil fertility in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century ad Iroquoian agricultural fields

Species Interactions Improve Above-Ground Biomass and Land Use Efficiency in Intercropped Wheat and Chickpea under Low Soil Inputs

Traditional agriculture: a climate-smart approach for sustainable food production

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