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- Bibliografia Publikacji Pracowników IUNG-PIB jest zbiorem opisów bibliograficznych publikacji pracowników Instytutu.
- Czasopisma naukowe: Polish Journal of Agronomy (kontynuacja Pamiętnika Puławskiego); Nawozy i Nawożenie ( Fertilizers and Fertilization)
- "Pamiętnik Puławski" jest kontynuacją ukazującego się w okresie międzywojennym "Pamiętnika PINGW". Publikacja zawiera syntetyczne opracowania wyników badań prowadzonych przez pracowników IUNG, opatrzone streszczeniami w języku angielskimi i rosyjskim. W latach 1961-2010 opublikowano 152 zeszyty "Pamiętnika Puławskiego". Kontynuatorem tej publikacji jest czasopismo "Polish Journal of Agronomy"
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Prolonged drought stress induced changes in yield and physiological processes of Trifolium repens and Festulolium braunii
(Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 2020) Staniak, Mariola; Bojarszczuk, Jolanta; Kraska, Piotr; Kwiatkowski, Cezary; Harasim, Elżbieta
Water deficit is one of the main environmental factors, and the recognition of plant response to drought stress seems to be crucial for the yield improvement of the important crops. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of prolonged drought stress on dry matter yield, gas exchange parameters, and relative chlorophyll content in the leaves of Festulolium braunii and Trifolium repens grown in pure stands and in mixture. In the pot experiment, different levels of soil moisture (well-watered conditions and drought stress) and of cultivation method (pure stand and mixture) have been applied. The study has shown that all measured parameters were affected by drought stress. Dry mass yield, net photosynthetic rate (PN), transpiration rate (E), and stomatal conductance were significantly lower under drought stress than under well-watered conditions in all treatment types. T. repens showed the strongest response to stress, whereas F. braunii the weakest when both those species were grown in the pure stand. Under drought conditions, the yield of the mixture was similar to that of F. braunii cultivated in the pure stand, and significantly higher than that of T. repens cultivated in the pure stand. It was also found that under the stress, PN and E of both species in the the mixture was higher than in the pure stand. The highest water use efficiency was observed in F. braunii grown in the mixture. Our research shows, that in regions with limited rainfall, T. repens is more useful for growing in a mixture with F. braunii, than in the pure stand.
Supporting Crop and Different Row Spacing as Factors Influencing Weed Infestation in Lentil Crop and Seed Yield under Organic Farming Conditions
(MDPI, 2020) Kraska, Piotr; Andruszczak, Sylwia; Kwiecińska-Poppe, Ewa; Staniak, Mariola; Różyło, Krzysztof; Rusecki, Hubert
A field study was conducted at the Certified Organic Farm in Poland over the period 2014–2016. This study evaluated weed infestation and seed yield of the lentil varieties ‘Tina’ and ‘Anita’, as well as of a mixture of these two varieties, sole cropped and row intercropped with naked oats as a supporting crop. Additionally, lentil was sown at a di erent row spacing of 20 and 25 cm. The lentil variety ‘Anita’ produced 25.3% higher yields than var. ‘Tina’. Weight of 1000 seed, number of pods per plant, and first pod height did not di er significantly in the treatments with the lentil varieties. The lentil seed yield obtained in the treatments with a supporting crop was lower by 9.4% compared with the sole cropped plots. In turn, the 1000 seed weight was 3.9% higher in the treatment where a supporting crop was used. The presence of oats as a supporting crop in lentil crop allowed crop competitiveness against weeds to be increased significantly, thus reducing their total number and dry weight by 5.3% and 30.5%, respectively. Sowing lentil at di erent row spacings did not have a significant e ect on seed yield and weed infestation in crop. The greatest diversity of weed species was found in the treatments where the mixture of the lentil varieties was sown and in the treatment with the smaller row spacing. Intercropping of lentil with oats resulted in reduced occurrence of monocotyledonous weeds such as Echinochloa crus-galli and Elymus repens. The presence of oat as a supporting crop can e ectively reduce the pressure from weeds without significantly reducing lentil cultivar yield in organic farming.
Legume Cover Crops as One of the Elements of StrategicWeed Management and Soil Quality Improvement. A Review
(MDPI, 2020) Kocira, Anna; Staniak, Mariola; Tomaszewska, Marzena; Kornas, Rafał; Cymerman, Jacek; Panasiewicz, Katarzyna; Lipińska, Halina
The benefits of conservation practices increased the interest of farmers in the cultivation of cover crops (CCs). This review aims to present and analyze the state of the art on the cultivation of legume CCs, including their importance in protecting crops against weeds, as well as their e ects on organic matter and nitrogen content in the soil, physical and biological properties of the soil, and its erosion. The multi-purpose character of legume CCs is visible in their positive effect on reducing weed infestation, but also on the soil: reducing its compaction and erosion, improving its structural and hydraulic properties, increasing the content of organic matter and activity of soil microorganisms, or increasing its nitrogen content due to symbiotic N2 fixing. This review demonstrates that a wider use of legume CCs in organic farming is needed. The benefits of legume CCs for successive crops in these cultivation conditions, both in terms of inhibiting weed populations and improving fertility and soil properties, also need to be identified. Further research is also needed to determine the potential impact of legume CCs on the improvement of the quality of degraded soils, or those with less favorable physicochemical properties.
Organic but Also Low-Input Conventional Farming Systems Support High Biodiversity of Weed Species in Winter Cereals
(MDPI, 2020) Berbeć, Adam Kleofas; Staniak, Mariola; Feledyn-Szewczyk, Beata; Kocira, Anna; Stalenga, Jarosław
In recent years, the European Union has been paying particular attention to the problem of biodiversity loss. The possibilities of its assessment and conservation are included in the latest European Union (EU) policies and reflected in the European Biodiversity Strategy. The biodiversity of weeds in winter cereals in organic and conventional low-input farms in Eastern Poland was investigated during a 3-year period. Significantly more species and larger abundance were found in organic than in conventional farming systems. The biodiversity of these communities was described by Shannon’s diversity and Simpson’s dominance indices, which showed diversity to be well maintained in both farming systems; however, significantly higher Shannon’s index and significantly lower Simpson’s index values were observed in organic farms. Both farming systems were the mainstay of endangered and rare species, as well as some invasive weed species. Weed communities of organic farms were dominated mostly by Setaria pumila and Elymus repens, while conventional farms were dominated by Juncus bufonius and Setaria pumila. The study showed the importance of organic farming systems for biodiversity conservation. It was also shown that low-input (traditional) conventional farms are also beneficial for biodiversity conservation.
The Therapeutic Potential of the Labdane Diterpenoid Forskolin
(MDPI, 2019) Salehi, Bahare; Staniak, Mariola; Czopek, Katarzyna; Stępień, Anna; Dua, Kamal; Wadhwa, Ridhima; Chellappan, Dinesh Kumar; Sytar, Oksana; Brestic, Marian; Bhat, Namrata Ganesh; Kumar, Nanjangud Venkatesh Anil; del Mar Contreras, María; Sharopov, Farukh; Cho, William C.; Sharifi-Rad, Javad
Forskolin is mainly found in the root of a plant called Coleus forskohlii (Willd.) Briq., which has been used in the traditional medicine of Indian Ayurvedic and Southeast Asia since ancient times. Forskolin is responsible for the pharmacological activity of this species. Forskolin is a labdane diterpenoid with a wide biological e ect. Several studies suggested a positive role of forskolin on heart complications, respiratory disorders, high blood pressure, obesity, and asthma. There are numerous clinical and pre-clinical studies representing the effect of forskolin on the above-mentioned disorders but more clinical studies need to be performed to support its efficacy.