Parasitoid host selection behaviour has been extensively studied in experimentally simplified tritrophic systems formed by one single food chain (one plant, one herbivore and one parasitoid species). The "Mother knows best" hypothesis predicts that the preference for a plant-host complex should be positively correlated with plant quality for offspring performance. We studied the host selection ...

Abstract Less attention has been given to soil enzymes that contribute beneficial rhizosphere interactions in intercropping systems. Therefore, we performed a field experiment by growing faba bean, lupine, and maize mono mixed cultures moderately fertile soil. We measured shoot biomass the kinetic parameters (maximal velocity ( V max ) Michaelis-constant K m )) of three key rhizosphere: Leucine...

Abstract The pea leaf weevil, Sitona lineatus Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is an invasive pest of field pea, Pisum sativum Linnaeus, and faba bean, Vicia (Fabaceae). Larvae feed on leguminous root nodules associated Rhizobium leguminosarum Frank (Rhizobiacea) nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Larval feeding causes economic damage, but the current method to assess nodule damage laborious. Legha...

Faba bean is one of the multi-purpose oldest crop which used as a source dietary protein in human, fodder and forage for livestock, feed poultry available nitrogen biosphere. It cool season grain legume that grown large areas various countries world including limited locality Bangladesh. Diverse ecosystem benefits are expected from inclusion faba cropping systems. This article reviews published...

Cereal and legume intercropping could improve cereal yield, but the role of in grain quality still lacks a full understanding. A two-year bi-factorial trial was conducted to investigate two planting patterns (mono-cropped wheat (MW) intercropped wheat+faba bean (IW)) four nitrogen (N) fertilization levels (N0, no N fertilizer applied both faba bean; N1, 90 45 kg ha–1 N2, 180 N3, 270 135 bean), ...

Phosphorus (P) unavailability and lack of organic matter in calcareous soils semiarid climates are the major reasons for low crop productivity. This field experiment was conducted at Agronomy Research Farm The University Agriculture Peshawar, during summer 2015 to investigate impact plant residues (PR) (faba bean, garlic paper mulberry residues) phosphorous sources [(60 120kg ha-1) from single ...

The present investigation aims to study the intraspecific diversity of thirteen faba bean genotypes (Vicia faba L. 2n=12) and to determine some selection criteria for plant breeding. Five yield parameters were studied: plant height (H), branch number per plant (BN/Pl), pod number per plant (PN/Pl), seed number per pod (SN/P) and yield per plant (Y/Pl). With a few exceptions, significant variabi...

<p><strong>Background.</strong> The associations of poaceae and fabaceae forage species are important to provide cattle with a balanced diet between proteins carbohydrates; also contribute the sustainable management soils. <strong>Objective</strong>. objective research was determine effect natural biostimulant on triticale components during staggered sowing associa...