Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK 2 School of Biological Analysis of the nodulation characteristics of transposon-induced mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae revealed that nodO and the closely-linked rhi genes contribute t o nodulation of peas (Pisum sativum) and the vetch Vicia hirsuta. Although mutation of nodO alone had no significant effect on nodulation of ...

Biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) is a key ecosystem service rendered by legumes, but quantitative information lacking regarding BNF in the Texas Rolling Plains (TRP), an easterly portion of U.S. Southern Great where cool-season legumes can typically be grown as cash or cover crops dryland conditions. Using three diverse cropping systems studies (Site 1, long-term cotton [Gossypium hirsutum L....

Natural product herbicides for vegetation control are being considered as alternatives to synthetic herbicides by many public agencies. Studies were conducted along roadsides at the Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC) in 2001 and 2002 and on California State Route 29 (SR29) in 2002 to evaluate acetic acid, pine oil, and plant essentials compared with glyphosate for control of herbaceou...

effect of different planting ratios of oat (avena sativa l.) and vetch (vicia sativa l.) was assessed on quality and quantity of forage and silage in an intercropping system as completely randomized block design (rcbd) with four replications. the treatments were different planting ratios of oat and vetch including 0:100, 20:80, 40:60, 50:50, 60:40, 80:20 and 100:0 (oat-vetch) formed as replacem...

to evaluate the yield and quality of barley (hordeum vulgare)–vetch (vicia desycarpa) intercropping, a series of experiments were conducted at the experimental field of the college of agriculture, university of tehran, in karaj (iran) from 2003 to 2005. the ex-periments were arranged in a randomized complete block with a split plot design and four replications. three levels (0, 45 and 90 kg n h...

increases forage production and economic production in rainfed condition requires attention to agricultural issues such as determination of appropriate sowing depth. so in order to determine the effect of different sowing depths of vetch this experiment was conducted in agricultural research station of maragheh as strip plot based on randomized complete block design with three species of vetch ...

The metabolic diversity of soil microbiota embodies diverse functional capabilities that support ecosystem resilience, driving essential biogeochemical processes and facilitating the optimization sustainable agricultural systems. Integrating cover crops into systems cultivates a array activities among microbes, synergistically enhancing services bolstering health for productive farming practice...

Cover cropping (CC) is the most promising in-field practice to improve soil health and mitigate N losses from fertilizer use. Although microbiota play essential roles in health, their response CC has not been well characterized by bioindicators of high taxonomic resolution within typical agricultural systems. Our objective was fill this knowledge gap with genus-level indicators for corn [Zea ma...