Nitrogen fertilization of intercropped cereal-legume: A potassium, sulfur, magnesium and calcium plant acquisition dataset

Edith Le Cadre; Ana Beatriz de Oliveira; Mustapha Arkoun; Jean Claude Yvin; Philippe Hinsinger

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.107816

Nitrogen fertilization of intercropped cereal-legume: A potassium, sulfur, magnesium and calcium plant acquisition dataset

Data Brief. 2022 Jan 10:40:107816. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.107816. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Authors

Edith Le Cadre¹, Ana Beatriz de Oliveira^{1

2}, Mustapha Arkoun², Jean Claude Yvin², Philippe Hinsinger³

Affiliations

¹ SAS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Rennes 35042, France.
² Centre Mondial de l'Innovation, Saint Malo, France.
³ INRAE, CIRAD, IRD, University Montpellier, Institut Agro, Montpellier, France.

Abstract

Cereal-legume mixture is a well-known successful intercrop model for an efficient use of soil nutrients [1,2]. Effects of mineral N gradient on the acquisition of major nutrients: potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg) and sulfur (S) is presented. A greenhouse pot experiment was conducted with wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Lennox) and white lupin (Lupinus albus L. cv. Feodora) grown as sole crops and intercropped along a soil mineral N gradient obtained by ¹⁵N addition. Plants were harvested at flowering stage and dry weights of shoots and roots were measured. Potassium, calcium, magnesium and sulfur concentrations in shoots and roots were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS).

Keywords: Abiotic stress; Competition; Fertilization; Gradient; Nutrient; Plant mixtures.