Bibliographic citations
Heeren, O., (2021). Efecto directo e indirecto del exceso de hierro (Fe) disponible en el suelo sobre el desempeño del cultivo de Lepidium meyenii Walp. (maca) [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9988
Heeren, O., Efecto directo e indirecto del exceso de hierro (Fe) disponible en el suelo sobre el desempeño del cultivo de Lepidium meyenii Walp. (maca) []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9988
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title = "Efecto directo e indirecto del exceso de hierro (Fe) disponible en el suelo sobre el desempeño del cultivo de Lepidium meyenii Walp. (maca)",
author = "Heeren Diaz, Oscar Martin",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2021"
}
The physical-chemical and biological soil properties (availability of nutrients, pH, rhizosphere microbiota, among others) affect crop yield [1, 2, 3]. Iron (Fe) is a micronutrient that regulates critical functions in plants [4]. However, the increase of Fe availability in the soil, generally caused by the increase in soil acidity [11], can reduce crop yield by directly affecting plant growth or survival [5,6], or indirectly by favoring the increase of pathogenic microorganisms (over beneficial) in the rhizosphere microbiota [7]. Lepidium meyenii Walp. (maca) is a high-Andean crop native to Peru, recognized for its nutritional and pharmacological properties. However, its consecutive production (2 to 3 seasons) reduces crop yield, forcing farmers to abandon the land for more than 10 years [16,22]. In China, soils consecutively replanted with maca recorded acidification (albeit slightly) and changes in microbiota composition [8]. In Peru, soils replanted with maca were correlated with a marked increase in acidity (pH <5) and available Fe (Gonzáles, unpublished data), even registering concentrations considered phyto-toxic for other crops (> 300 ppm of Fe) [9, 11]. Currently, the factors that would explain the reduced yield of maca crops are unknown; particularly, the possible role of the increase in Fe availability in changes of soil quality has not been investigated. In this work, we propose to investigate whether consecutive replanting with maca increases the concentration of available iron in the soil and whether this increase directly (toxicity) or indirectly (turnover in soil microbiota) reduces the yield of L. meyenii crops.
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