Yield and related traits of three legume crops grown in olive-based agroforestry under an intense drought in the South Mediterranean

Amassaghrou, Asmae; Barkaoui, Karim; Bouaziz, Ahmed; Alaoui, Si Bennasseur; Abidine, Fatemi Zain El; Daoui, Khalid

doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103597

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“…Likewise, these losses were more pronounced under the local conditions in S2 than in S1 (grain yield: −53% vs. −31%; dry matter: −57% vs. −35%). These results corroborate the finding of [22] on durum wheat and faba bean in olive-based agroforestry, [26] on legumes intercropped with olive trees, and [50] on wheat in poplar-based agroforestry. Similarly, [51] reported that apricot-and walnut-based intercropping systems negatively affected wheat grain yield, [52] found that dry matter production at the flowering stage of barley, durum wheat, and chickpea was significantly lower in AFS than SCS, and [25] indicated a marked reduction in the wheat grain yield in AFS (−43%) with regard to the shading level.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…LER was always greater than 1 and ranged from 1.57 (AFSO-ICBA-Q5) to 2.07 (AFSO-Puno), indicating that the productivity was 57% to 107% higher in AFS than SCS. Similar findings were reported by [5,22,26,58,59] when growing other annual crops within fruit tree-based agroforestry.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Intercropping olive trees with cereals and legumes may increase the profitability and sustainability of farms by the production of biomass and grains from the understory crops and positively affect olive tree productivity [24,25]. In addition, a recent study found that the productivity of understory crops in rainfed olive orchards is mainly influenced by drought timing occurring during legumes' growing cycles [26].…”

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Quinoa–Olive Agroforestry System Assessment in Semi-Arid Environments: Performance of an Innovative System

Abidi,

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Abouabdillah

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Agronomy

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Agroforestry is a promising way to sustain land use efficiency in semi-arid areas. In this study, we introduce quinoa as a drought- and salinity-tolerant crop in olive-based agroforestry. We investigated how the microclimate created by olive trees affects agronomic and biochemical traits in quinoa and evaluated the performance of this new olive-based agroforestry system in terms of land equivalent ratio (LER). Field experiments were carried out under two pedoclimatic conditions (S1) and (S2) using a randomized complete block design with two cropping systems (sole crop (SCS) and agroforestry (AFS) systems), four quinoa cultivars (Puno, Titicaca, ICBA-Q5, and ICBA-Q4) and one olive orchard as a control (OR) in each block. Our results show that AFS had lower grain yield (−45%), dry biomass (−49%), and crop water productivity (−44%), but higher plant height (12%), grain protein (4%), saponin (26%), total polyphenol (12%), and DPPH (9%) contents compared to SCS. The highest grain yield was recorded for Titicaca and ICBA-Q5 (1.6 t ha−1). The LER ranged from 1.57 to 2.07, indicating that the overall productivity was 57% to 107% higher in the agroforestry system compared with the monoculture. We suggest that quinoa–olive tree intercropping could be a promising agroecological practice under semi-arid conditions.

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“…Our results agrees with those of many studies released in Morocco highlighted olive-based agroforestry systems founded that cereals produced significantly more above-ground biomass than legumes, barley having the highest biomass production 1290 kg.ha -1 followed by durum wheat 970 kg.ha -1 , chickpea 310 kg.ha -1 , and Faba bean 320 kg.ha -1 [30]. [31,32] found a higher production in grass species (barley, durum wheat, soft wheat) compared to legumes (Faba bean and Lentil). In Spain, the annual net primary production of spontaneous vegetation reached out 2000 kg.ha -1 [33].…”

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Alternatives Cover Crops and Soil Managements Modified Macronutrients, Enzymes Activities and Soil Microbial Diversity in Rainfed Olive Orchards (cv.Chétoui) under Mediterranean Conditions in Tunisia

Fadoua,

Chehab,

González

et al. 2024

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In Tunisia, olive is the most cultivated fruit crop while in the north where rainfall exceeded 400mm.year-1, the olive growing area is in widely extension in marginal soil with high slope gradient. Thus, the inclusion of cover crops is a sustainable solution to increase the ecosystem productivity, improve the soil fertility and oil yields. But, in Tunisia a few study were investigated the effect of legumes cover crop on the olive productivity. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term (two cropping seasons s 2021 and 2022) effects of different seeded cover crops and soil management practices on the cover crops and soil characteristics, as well as enzymes activities and related microbial diversity. Six intercropping were tested in rainfed olive orchards (cv.Chétoui): Spontaneous vegetation (Spont), Wheat, Vetch, Oat, Fenugreek, mixture Vetch-Oat and compared to control (3 periodic tillage/year without intercropping). During the first cropping season, cover crops were cut as animal feed and only residues were incorporated into the soil. While, during the second year, all cover crops biomass were incorporated into the soil. Results indicate that the dry biomass and carbon uptake were significantly higher in grasses species (Wheat and Oat). But, highest level of nitrogen was found in Fenugreek cover crops. As compared to control, all cover crops including spontaneous vegetation increased soil organic matter and macronutrient level, mainly phosphorus. The most activity of β-glucosidase, phosphatase and arysulphatase was found in the cover crops plot of wheat and oat. In addition, this study improve that the utilization of the carbon sources was dominated by amides, amine and amino-acids in the fenugreek plot; while it was dominated by polymers and carboxylic acids in the case of wheat and oat.

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“…[20]. Considering these results, we put forward the hypothesis that the integration of halophyte crops such as quinoa in agroforestry systems conducted under saline irrigation could improve the performance of these systems [21,22,23,24].…”

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Assessing the performance of an agroforestry system based on quinoa and olive trees under saline irrigation

Abidi,

Daoui,

Abouabdillah

et al. 2024

E3S Web Conf.

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In the context of climate change, agricultural productivity, especially in semi-arid areas, is facing serious challenges ranging from water scarcity to soil degradation and perpetual salinization. Therefore, looking for sustainable and resilient cropping systems has been a priority of the National strategy « Green Generation2020-2030 ». Agroforestry could be a sustainable way to diversify and improve land productivity through the complementary and facilitating potential of its components. This study aims to introduce quinoa as a halophyte crop to scale up the performance of current olive-based intercropping systems. The field experiment was conducted in an organic farm under saline irrigation (6 dS/m) and was laid out in a randomized complete block design with two cropping systems: monocropping (SC) and agroforestry systems (AFS), four quinoa cultivars (Puno, Titicaca, ICBA-Q5 and ICBA-Q4) and one olive plot as a control (OR) in each block. The average grain and straw yields for quinoa were significantly reduced in AFS, respectively by 33%and 45% while average olive yield was not affected by the cropping system. In addition, the Land Equivalent Ratio (LER) was always higher than one, confirming the performance of the agroforestry system based on quinoa and olive tree under saline irrigation.

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Yield and related traits of three legume crops grown in olive-based agroforestry under an intense drought in the South Mediterranean

Cited by 13 publications

References 54 publications

Quinoa–Olive Agroforestry System Assessment in Semi-Arid Environments: Performance of an Innovative System

Quinoa–Olive Agroforestry System Assessment in Semi-Arid Environments: Performance of an Innovative System

Alternatives Cover Crops and Soil Managements Modified Macronutrients, Enzymes Activities and Soil Microbial Diversity in Rainfed Olive Orchards (cv.Chétoui) under Mediterranean Conditions in Tunisia

Assessing the performance of an agroforestry system based on quinoa and olive trees under saline irrigation

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