Aim of study: To evaluate agronomic performance and changes on soil chemical properties in two types managements: conventional or sustainable.Area Principality Asturias, Spain.Material methods: On a sandy-clay-loam texture soil, three winter forage legumes (faba bean, red clover white lupin), monoculture mixed with Italian ryegrass organic fertilization (sustainable management) versus inorganic...

This study investigated the metabolic traits of 27 lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains belonging to different species, previously isolated from faba bean. The activities assayed, related to technological and nutritional improvement of fermented faba bean, included peptidases, β-glucosidase, phytase, as well as exopolysaccharides synthesis and antimicrobial properties. In addition, the bacteria p...

Faba bean (Vicia faba L.) is a facultative cross-pollinating legume crop with a great importance for food and feed due to its high protein content as well as the important role in soil fertility and nitrogen fixation. In this work we evaluated genetic diversity and population structure of faba bean accessions from the Western Mediterranean basin and wild related species. For that purpose we scr...

Agroforestry systems can be an effective means of stabilizing or even enhancing crop yields under climate change. Although trees compete with crops for soil resources in agroforestry,they also improve crops' growing conditions, especially, by providing shade drought. They promote higher and harvest quality the drylands. However, beneficial effect tree may depend on seasonal pattern rainfall, wh...

Background: Faba bean toxicity (favism) is a common condition observed in our region. Objective: To develop a short and simple technique involving the use of riboflavin-deficient rats to test in vivo faba bean toxicity. Methods/Results: Sprague Dawley rats were maintained on a riboflavin-deficient diet and their vitamin B2 status was monitored by the assay of erythrocyte glutathione reductase (...