Impact of Cereal–Legume Intercropping on Changes in Soil Nutrients Contents under Semi–Arid Conditions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Site
2.2. Experimental Device
2.3. Plant and Soil Sampling
2.4. Measurements
2.5. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Crops Yield
3.2. Nitrogen Content (Ntot) Soil Availability
3.3. Soil Microbial Biomass (SMB–N) Variation
3.4. Nitrogen− Uptake
3.5. Total Soil Carbon Content (Ctot)
3.6. Microbial Biomass (SMB–C) Variation
4. Discussion
4.1. Impact of the Durum Wheat–Chickpea Intercropping on Crop Yield
4.2. Effect of Intercropping Cereal–Legume Systems on the Availability of Ntot, N− Uptake, and Variations in N within the SMB–N
4.3. Effect of Cereal–Legume Intercropping Systems on Ctot Content and SMB–C Variation
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Attallah, A.; Hamdi, W.; Souid, A.; Farissi, M.; L’taief, B.; Messiga, A.J.; Rebouh, N.Y.; Jellali, S.; Zagrarni, M.F. Impact of Cereal–Legume Intercropping on Changes in Soil Nutrients Contents under Semi–Arid Conditions. Sustainability 2024, 16, 2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072725
Attallah A, Hamdi W, Souid A, Farissi M, L’taief B, Messiga AJ, Rebouh NY, Jellali S, Zagrarni MF. Impact of Cereal–Legume Intercropping on Changes in Soil Nutrients Contents under Semi–Arid Conditions. Sustainability. 2024; 16(7):2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072725
Chicago/Turabian StyleAttallah, Amal, Wissem Hamdi, Amira Souid, Mohamed Farissi, Boulbaba L’taief, Aimé J. Messiga, Nazih Yacer Rebouh, Salah Jellali, and Mohamed Faouzi Zagrarni. 2024. "Impact of Cereal–Legume Intercropping on Changes in Soil Nutrients Contents under Semi–Arid Conditions" Sustainability 16, no. 7: 2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072725