A5040536364- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Gut microbiota and health
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Nuts composition and effects
- Banana Cultivation and Research
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Plant responses to water stress
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena
2018-2025
University of Cartagena
2022
The melon/cowpea intercropping system can be a specific and efficient cropping pattern in horticultural field. Intercropping systems contribute to the optimization of land use, fostering sustainable agriculture. This study entails first-year comparative assay using cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) melon (Cucumis melo) under organic management with different patterns 30% less fertilization than usual monocrops. We determined soil nutrients, physicochemical properties, enzyme activities microbes by...
Soil health and function is one of the most important components for sustainable management woody orchards. Intensive use machinery tillage creates heavy pressure on agroecosystems by altering soil physicochemical biological characteristics. In this study we aimed to assess changes in properties bacterial community structure, as well main drivers involved shifts microbial following 10 years implementing reduced plus green manure a rainfed Mediterranean almond orchard. The treatments were: i)...
Legumes can be regarded as a good alternative in intercropping systems to increase soil fertility and biodiversity whilst enhancing crop production reducing fertilizer use. The aims of this study were to: i) assess whether yield, quality physicochemical properties improved using different patterns between broccoli (Brassica oleracea var italica) fava bean (Vicia faba) compared with their respective monocrops, all grown under organic management; ii) if an intercrop partially replace use...
The implementation of alley cropping in orchards can be a sustainable strategy to increase farm productivity by crop diversification and contribute climate change mitigation. In this research, we evaluated the short-term effect with reduced tillage on soil CO2 N2O emissions total organic carbon (TOC) an almond orchard under Mediterranean rainfed conditions. We compared monoculture all plot surface (MC) growth Capparis spinosa (D1) Thymus hyemalis (D2). For two years, were measured, sampling...
Soils provide key ecosystem services and are crucial to combat climate change. Agriculture provides important but also causes negative environmental effects depending on agricultural management. In this regard, crop diversification is a promising sustainable land management strategy soil erosion degradation, mitigate change ensure food security. Here, we assess the combined short-term of no tillage several physico-chemical parameters related functioning as well yields in rainfed almond...
In order to increase the crop water productivity (WPc) of agricultural systems, and support farmers in minimizing uncertainty availability, we conducted a three-years experiment commercial adult mandarin orchard quantify effect sustained severe deficit irrigation combination with use geotextile mulch on agronomic physiological response crop. For this purpose, five treatments were tested: (i) control (CTL) irrigated at 100% evapotranspiration (ETc) during entire season; ii) (SDI), ∼70% CTL;...
Abstract Purpose Diversification practices such as intercropping in woody cropping systems have recently been proposed a promising management strategy for addressing problems related to soil degradation, climate change mitigation and food security. In this study, we assess the impact of several diversification different regimes on main carbon fluxes regulating balance under semiarid Mediterranean conditions. Methods The study was conducted two nearby systems: (i) low input rainfed almond (...
The intensification of agricultural systems has caused a noticeable impact on agro-ecosystem services. Thus, the adoption more sustainable practices such as crop diversification and reduction external inputs represent an alternative strategy to minimize impacts intensive environment. This study aimed at evaluating effects rotation, conservation tillage, low-input strategies soil quality farming performance using set 7 indicators based fuzzy logic approach. Data were collected from three...
Crop diversification is becoming increasingly important for preserving soil and ecosystems’ health and, subsequently, crop productivity sustainability. Intercropping practices adopted in monocultural woody crops, with herbaceous crops covering the otherwise bare alleyways, foster ecological interactions can provide both environmental economic advantages. In this study, intercropping were implemented a traditional mandarin orchard south-eastern Spain, which was monitored three years to assess...
The implementation of alley cropping in orchards has been suggested as a sustainable strategy to increase farmer revenues by crop diversification, enhance soil organic matter (SOM) and fertility, water retention, overall biodiversity, contribute climate change mitigation. Thus, the objective this study was assess if with annual crops can i) mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, ii) C sequestration semiarid Mediterranean irrigated citrus orchard, iii) land productivity. For this, two...
Abstract The growth of legumes, reduced tillage and addition crop residues can be regarded as a good alternative in intercropping systems to increase soil organic matter, fertility biodiversity while enhancing production reducing the use fertilizers. Despite potential benefits, there is still research gap about using combination cowpea melon productivity reduce external inputs. Thus, aims this study were to: i) assess if yield, quality physicochemical properties improved by between ( Cucumis...
ABSTRACT Monocrop of mandarin leading to reduced soil biodiversity and functionality that must be changed a sustainable agriculture practice such as alley cropping. In this study an attempt has been made assess how two different cropping strategies promote bacterial diversity, microbial activities the abundance beneficial bacteria. Three treatments were established: (i) monoculture (MC); (ii) diversified with barley/vetch (summer) fava bean (winter) for 3 consecutive years (DIV1); (iii)...
Legume-based intercropping systems are a beneficial alternative for soil functioning, and rhizobacterial community diversity, while can contribute to reduce external inputs. Hence, the aims of this work were assess: (i) biological N fixation (BNF) process cowpea fava bean under different patterns compared monocultures, (ii) relationship between biologically fixed crop biomass yields, (iii) possible intra- interspecific competition processes in each pattern. We compared, three years,...
Long-term organic farming aims to reduce synthetic fertilizer and pesticide use in order sustainably produce improve soil quality. To do this, there is a need for more information about the microbial community, which plays key role sustainable agriculture. In this paper, we assessed long-term effects of two one conventional cropping systems on community structure using high-throughput sequencing analysis, as well link between these communities changes properties crop yield. The results...
The high use of pesticides, herbicides, and unsustainable farming practices resulted in losses soil quality. Sustainable such as intercropping could be a good alternative to traditional monocrop, especially using legumes cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. Walp). In this study, different melon patterns (melon mixed with the same row (MC1); alternating one (MC2); two rows (MC3)) were assayed study effect on bacterial community through 16S rRNA region 3-year experiment. results indicated that showed...
Significant differences in the microbial community and diversity soil have been observed due to organic farming, but little research has performed for exploring functionality co-occurrence of patterns among taxa. In this work, we study 16S rDNA amplicons from two long-term farming systems (Org_C Org_M) a conventional system (Conv) decipher interaction network organization predict functional genes (principally related N cycle). general, organizations were different all cropping agricultural...
Mineral fertilization is considered to be useful for improving soil fertility and yields. However, its use linked global warming water pollution by rapid mobilization. On the other hand, organic recommended maintain or improve carbon total nitrogen stocks while contributing climate change mitigation. The main goal of this study was assess effect two different fertilizer types, mineral organic, during three cowpea crop cycles on soil’s physicochemical properties, enzyme activities, yield,...
High rates of fertilizer applications potentially have significant environmental consequences, such as soil and water contamination biodiversity loss. This study aimed to compare the use biofertilizers inorganic fertilizers in a broccoli crop determine their impact on microorganism abundance, microbial community structure, functional gene diversity, yield, greenhouse gas emissions. Four different fertilization treatments were designed: (i) applied at rate cover nutritional demands (F100);...