Incorporation of bean plants in soil with different agricultural practices
Channel: CIMMYT WebCast
Date: 21/02/2018

Incorporation of bean plants in soil with different agricultural practices and its effect on the soil bacteria
***Luc Dendooven is a researcher at Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (CINVESTAV). He has a Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium, and a postdoctoral position at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Dendooven is a National Researcher Level III, and a member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences.

Abstract
Agricultural practices, such as crop residue management and tillage, change biological, physical and chemical soil characteristics. Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) are an important protein source for humans and when their residues are applied to soil will alter the bacterial community structure. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the application of bean plants on the bacterial community structure in soil cultivated conventionally (conventional beds, CB) or under a conservation agriculture system (permanent beds, PB) and compare it to the effect of maize plant application.