Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems
Grain and forage legumes are important sources of food and feed, key for sustainable agriculture given the environmental services they provide. However, their cultivation is hampered in the Mediterranean Basin and Near East by the widespread occurrence of the root parasitic weed crenate broomrape (&...
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| description | Grain and forage legumes are important sources of food and feed, key for sustainable agriculture given the environmental services they provide. However, their cultivation is hampered in the Mediterranean Basin and Near East by the widespread occurrence of the root parasitic weed crenate broomrape (<i>Orobanche crenata</i>). Other broomrape species such as <i>O. minor</i>, <i>O. foetida</i>, and <i>Phelipanche aegyptica</i> are also of local importance. As for other parasitic weeds, a number of management strategies have been proposed, but considering that temperate legumes in the area are low-input crops, these strategies are largely uneconomical or hard to achieve, leaving the use of resistant cultivars as the most desirable option. Breeding for broomrape resistance is not an easy task, but significant progress has been achieved by classical breeding and selection and will profit from recent developments in phenomics and genomics. Here, achievements and prospects in broomrape management and resistance breeding are presented and critically discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c23a3cab11b74b20a31276878bb8823b2023-12-22T14:43:02ZengMDPI AGSoil Systems2571-87892023-11-01749910.3390/soilsystems7040099Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming SystemsDiego Rubiales0Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, CSIC, 14080 Córdoba, SpainGrain and forage legumes are important sources of food and feed, key for sustainable agriculture given the environmental services they provide. However, their cultivation is hampered in the Mediterranean Basin and Near East by the widespread occurrence of the root parasitic weed crenate broomrape (<i>Orobanche crenata</i>). Other broomrape species such as <i>O. minor</i>, <i>O. foetida</i>, and <i>Phelipanche aegyptica</i> are also of local importance. As for other parasitic weeds, a number of management strategies have been proposed, but considering that temperate legumes in the area are low-input crops, these strategies are largely uneconomical or hard to achieve, leaving the use of resistant cultivars as the most desirable option. Breeding for broomrape resistance is not an easy task, but significant progress has been achieved by classical breeding and selection and will profit from recent developments in phenomics and genomics. Here, achievements and prospects in broomrape management and resistance breeding are presented and critically discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/7/4/99<i>Orobanche</i>crop protectionresistance breedingfaba beanpeavetches |
| spellingShingle | Diego Rubiales Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems Soil Systems <i>Orobanche</i> crop protection resistance breeding faba bean pea vetches |
| title | Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems |
| title_full | Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems |
| title_fullStr | Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems |
| title_short | Managing Root Parasitic Weeds to Facilitate Legume Reintroduction into Mediterranean Rain-Fed Farming Systems |
| title_sort | managing root parasitic weeds to facilitate legume reintroduction into mediterranean rain fed farming systems |
| topic | <i>Orobanche</i> crop protection resistance breeding faba bean pea vetches |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2571-8789/7/4/99 |
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