Intensification of pea (Pisum sativum L.) production in organic farming: Effects of biological treatments on plant growth, seed yield, and protein content

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F25%3A00639479" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/25:00639479 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12220/25:43910418 RIV/60460709:41210/25:102374 RIV/26722861:_____/25:N0000017

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/15/8/1792" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/15/8/1792</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agronomy15081792" target="_blank" >10.3390/agronomy15081792</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Intensification of pea (Pisum sativum L.) production in organic farming: Effects of biological treatments on plant growth, seed yield, and protein content

Original language description

The adoption of biological control strategies plays a crucial role in ensuring the sustainability of organic agricultural practices. A field experiment was conducted in 2023 and 2024 to evaluate the impact of biological treatments using lactic acid bacteria (LAB) Lactiplantibacillus plantarum and mycoparasitic fungus (MPF) Trichoderma virens applied through seed treatment and foliar application separately and in combination on agronomic characteristics and pea yield in organic cultivation. Seed treatment with LAB and MPF resulted in a notable improvement in shoot length and root dry weight, while an increase in root nodule number was observed exclusively with LAB. The combined application of MPF as a seed treatment and LAB as a foliar application at the flowering stage significantly enhanced pod weight per plant, seed number per pod and per plant, and seed weight compared to treatments with LAB applied as either a foliar or seed treatment separately, as well as the untreated control. However, the yield responses to individual and combined treatments under field conditions demonstrated variability and inconsistency. Protein content ranged from 21.24% to 21.61%, and no significant differences observed between treatments. This is the first field report directly comparing the effectiveness of treatments on organic pea production. The findings offer promising avenues for assessing the long-term impacts of these treatments on the sustainable intensification of pea cultivation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10618 - Ecology

Project

<a href="/en/project/QK22010255" target="_blank" >QK22010255: Intensification of legumes production in organic farming by biological treatment with the aim of improvement of plant health status</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agronomy

ISSN

2073-4395

e-ISSN

2073-4395

Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

18

Pages from-to

1792

UT code for WoS article

001557247500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105014445126