An agronomic study of legacy effects from annual legume pastures in acid soils

Author:

Kidd Daniel1ORCID,Premaratne Manjula1,Wisdom Joanne1,Nicol Dion2,Ryan Megan H.1

Affiliation:

1. School of Agriculture, Environment and Institute of Agriculture The University of Western Australia 35 Stirling Highway Crawley Western Australia 6009 Australia

2. Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development Western Australia Merredin Research Institute Merredin Western Australia Australia

Abstract

AbstractThe use of acid soil‐tolerant annual legume pasture species and liming to raise soil pH can have legacy effects that improve subsequent wheat crop growth in acid soils. We established a two‐year experiment in a semi‐arid environment with and without historical lime application to investigate how acid soils (±lime) influence the legacy effects of annual legume pastures. We measured legume and cereal growth and yield, soil‐borne disease incidence, rhizosheath organic acid type and amount, legume biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and soil moisture in Year 1, and soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and wheat yield and quality in Year 2. Minor differences in soil moisture and soil‐borne diseases occurred between cereals and legumes, and the poor BNF contribution of all pasture legumes improved in lime treatments. Pasture legumes produced more organic acids than cereals, which increased in limed treatments. Soil MBC in Year 2 was greater following legumes than cereals. Year 2 wheat grain yield increased following pasture legumes, more so in limed treatments. The contribution of organic acid exudation by annual legume pastures to microbial community legacy effects warrants further scrutiny in semi‐arid environments, particularly when acid soils limit typical rotational benefits.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Plant Science,Agronomy and Crop Science

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