The goal of this study was to map rainfed and irrigated rice-fallow cropland areas across South Asia, using MODIS 250 m time-series data and identify where the farming system may be intensified by the inclusion of a shortseason crop during the fallow period. Rice-fallow cropland areas are those areas where rice is grown during the kharif growing season (June–October), followed by a fallow durin...

Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is the most important food legume in the diet of poor people in the tropics. Drought causes severe yield loss in this crop. Identification of traits associated with drought resistance contributes to improving the process of generating bean genotypes adapted to these conditions. Field studies were conducted at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture ...

Phosphorus (P) unavailability in agricultural soils is a primary cause of the poor development and yield field crops arid semiarid regions. The goal this research project was to investigate influence integrated management beneficial microbes or biofertilizers (BF), organic P-fertilizers, inorganic P-fertilizers on wheat productivity wheat–maize cropping system. Field experiments were carried ou...

Rhizobium microbial bacteria functioning that living a symbiosis relationship soil and leguminous plant root fixation of nitrogen to be utilized by superior performance during grain development stage. They can enter into with plant, infecting their nodules. The legume crops are the bigger partner, often referred as macro-symbiotic. Usually certain strains form nodule on limited plants. Such col...

greatest proportion of the beneficial effects of crop rotation, but other factors, including reduced weed, disease, Increased N availability is often associated with the beneficial efand insect problems, can also be important. fects of rotating grain and legume crops. Our objective was to utilize yield response data from two long-term studies to determine the Corn is now commonly grown in a 2-y...

The production of grain legumes is very important for food and should be promoted in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) farming systems little diversified. research was carried out soil climatic conditions the locality “San Juan Martínez”, Cuba, with objective determining agronomic response four common bean cultivars (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Commercial were used 'CUL´-156', 'Buenaventura', 'Guamá 2...

Plants are the essential factors shaping soil microbial community (SMC) structure. When most studies focus on the difference in the SMC structure associated different plant species, the variation in the SMC structure associated with phylogenetically close species is less investigated. Legume (Fabaceae) and grass (Poaceae) are functionally important plant groups; however, their influences on the...

Previous epidemiological studies on the relation between dietary legume consumption and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) remain controversial. We conducted a meta-analysis based on prospective cohort studies to investigate the association between dietary legume consumption and risk of CRC. Fourteen cohort studies were finally included, containing a total of 1,903,459 participants and 12,261 case...