Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems

Vicia villosa Roth, commonly named hairy vetch (HV), is one of the most promising cover crop (CC) legumes, commonly included in strategies aimed at increasing agriculture sustainability. Due to the generally low yield, the availability of commercial seed is often limited. The objective of this study...

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Main Authors: Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo, Garayalde, Antonio Francisco, Brus, Jan, Pohankova, Tereza, Smýkal, Petr, Cantamutto, Miguel Angel
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14422
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1161030123000904
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126822
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author Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo
Garayalde, Antonio Francisco
Brus, Jan
Pohankova, Tereza
Smýkal, Petr
Cantamutto, Miguel Angel
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Cantamutto, Miguel Angel
Garayalde, Antonio Francisco
Pohankova, Tereza
Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo
Smýkal, Petr
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Garayalde, Antonio Francisco
Brus, Jan
Pohankova, Tereza
Smýkal, Petr
Cantamutto, Miguel Angel
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description Vicia villosa Roth, commonly named hairy vetch (HV), is one of the most promising cover crop (CC) legumes, commonly included in strategies aimed at increasing agriculture sustainability. Due to the generally low yield, the availability of commercial seed is often limited. The objective of this study was to identify management and key weather factors governing the variation in HV seed yield. The study comprises a database of 96 fields dedicated to HV seed production distributed in the Pampas region of Argentina, under a wide range of soil and weather conditions. Among the wide range studied, it was found that only poorly drained soils reduced HV seed yield. Crop protection practices, through the application of insecticide plus fungicide, and the axial threshing harvest system were the most important management tools determining high HV seed yield (> 600 kg ha−1). The inclusion of honey bees (HB) as pollinators did not significantly increase the seed yield, which might be due to alternative pollinator activity coming from neighbouring fields. A boundary function showed that an annual precipitation of 680 ± 243 mm and a sowing date during late autumn-early winter appeared to be sufficient to maximise seed yield under rainfed conditions. On the other hand, heat stress (>30 °C) during flowering and seed filling constrained the seed yield. A simplified crop model was developed to explain the effect of the most important factors on the seed yield. Crop management practices that increased the photosynthetic activity, such as foliar protection, were associated with increased seed yield.
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spelling INTA144222023-04-10T10:07:15Z Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo Garayalde, Antonio Francisco Brus, Jan Pohankova, Tereza Smýkal, Petr Cantamutto, Miguel Angel Vicia villosa Factores Ambientales Rendimiento Cultivo de Temporal Agroecosistemas Environmental Factors Yields Rainfed Farming Agroecosystems Vicia velluda Hairy vetch Vicia villosa Roth, commonly named hairy vetch (HV), is one of the most promising cover crop (CC) legumes, commonly included in strategies aimed at increasing agriculture sustainability. Due to the generally low yield, the availability of commercial seed is often limited. The objective of this study was to identify management and key weather factors governing the variation in HV seed yield. The study comprises a database of 96 fields dedicated to HV seed production distributed in the Pampas region of Argentina, under a wide range of soil and weather conditions. Among the wide range studied, it was found that only poorly drained soils reduced HV seed yield. Crop protection practices, through the application of insecticide plus fungicide, and the axial threshing harvest system were the most important management tools determining high HV seed yield (> 600 kg ha−1). The inclusion of honey bees (HB) as pollinators did not significantly increase the seed yield, which might be due to alternative pollinator activity coming from neighbouring fields. A boundary function showed that an annual precipitation of 680 ± 243 mm and a sowing date during late autumn-early winter appeared to be sufficient to maximise seed yield under rainfed conditions. On the other hand, heat stress (>30 °C) during flowering and seed filling constrained the seed yield. A simplified crop model was developed to explain the effect of the most important factors on the seed yield. Crop management practices that increased the photosynthetic activity, such as foliar protection, were associated with increased seed yield. EEA Hilario Ascasubi Fil: Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Hilario Ascasubi; Argentina Fil: Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Garayalde, Antonio Francisco. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Matemática; Argentina Fil: Brus, Jan. Palacký University. Faculty of Sciences. Department of Geoinformatics; República Checa Fil: Pohankova, Tereza. Palacký University. Faculty of Sciences. Department of Geoinformatics; República Checa Fil: Smýkal, Petr. Palacký University. Faculty of Sciences. Department of Botany; República Checa Fil: Cantamutto, Miguel Angel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Hilario Ascasubi; Argentina Fil: Cantamutto, Miguel Angel. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina Fil: Cantamutto, Miguel Angel. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Departamento de Agronomía; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Bahía Blanca. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida; Argentina Fil: Cantamutto, Miguel Angel. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Centro de Recursos Naturales Renovables de la Zona Semiarida; Argentina 2023-04-10T10:04:26Z 2023-04-10T10:04:26Z 2023-07 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14422 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1161030123000904 1161-0301 1873-7331 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126822 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PD-L01-I100/2023-PD-L01-I100/AR./Genética en forrajeras para ambientes y mercados desafiantes info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier European Journal of Agronomy 147 : 126822 (July 2023)
spellingShingle Vicia villosa
Factores Ambientales
Rendimiento
Cultivo de Temporal
Agroecosistemas
Environmental Factors
Yields
Rainfed Farming
Agroecosystems
Vicia velluda
Hairy vetch
Renzi Pugni, Juan Pablo
Garayalde, Antonio Francisco
Brus, Jan
Pohankova, Tereza
Smýkal, Petr
Cantamutto, Miguel Angel
Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
title Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
title_full Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
title_fullStr Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
title_full_unstemmed Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
title_short Environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth) seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
title_sort environmental and agronomic determinants of hairy vetch vicia villosa roth seed yield in rainfed temperate agroecosystems
topic Vicia villosa
Factores Ambientales
Rendimiento
Cultivo de Temporal
Agroecosistemas
Environmental Factors
Yields
Rainfed Farming
Agroecosystems
Vicia velluda
Hairy vetch
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14422
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1161030123000904
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2023.126822
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