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2025
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Heidi Udnes Aamot Adnan Šišić Lars Olav Brandsæter Silje Kvist Simonsen Birgitte Henriksen Jörg Peter BareselAbstract
Over the past decades, significant efforts have been made to promote the cultivation of legumes. Cultivation of legumes, particularly grain legumes, can reduce the use of mineral nitrogen fertilizers, enhance biodiversity, reduce dependence on imported feed proteins, and improve soil biological properties and humus content. Despite these efforts, grain legumes are still not widely grown. One major obstacle to legume cultivation is "legume fatigue". Legume fatigue limits the expansion of legume cultivation in many European regions. The exact causes of legume fatigue are not fully understood, but soil-borne diseases interacting with abiotic factors are believed to play a key role. Recent findings suggest that the balance between pathogen load and soil suppressiveness is critical. Some farms and regions do not report legume fatigue as a problem, while others experience severe limitations in legume production. Identifying the causes of this variation is urgent and requires a collaborative effort that covers different environments and includes comprehensive assessments of both biotic and abiotic factors. In a recently launched project, LeFaSus, a network of farms and long-term experiments has been established to identify the primary factors contributing to legume fatigue. This network spans a transect from southern to northern Europe, including Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, and Norway. The project aims to deliver a reliable set of indicators for both legume fatigue and disease-suppressive soils, linking these indicators to the management practices that likely influenced them. The background and plans for the project will be presented.
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Susanne Suvanto Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert Mart-Jan Schelhaas Julen Astigarraga Rasmus Astrup Emil Cienciala Jonas Fridman Helena M. Henttonen Georges Kunstler Gerald Kändler Louis A. König Paloma Ruiz-Benito Cornelius Senf Golo Stadelmann Ajdin Starcevic Andrzej Talarczyk Miguel A. Zavala Thomas A. M. PughAbstract
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Payel Bhattacharjee Mari Talgø Syvertsen Igor A. Yakovlev Marcos Viejo Somoano Torgeir Rhoden Hvidsten Jorunn Elisabeth Olsen Carl Gunnar FossdalAbstract
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Meriel McClatchie Véronique Matterne Núria Rovira Buendia Mila Andonova Ulrike Lohwasser Wendy Marie Waalen Filippos Bantis Marija Knez Jelena Milešević Amil Orahovac Paolo Prosperi Aparajita Banerjee Ivana Radić Aldona Mueller-Bieniek Meline Beglaryan Donal Murphy-Bokern David Gil Bálint Balázs Sónia NegrãoAbstract
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Emmanuel O. Anedo Dennis Beesigamukama Benson Mochoge Nicholas K. Korir Solveig Haukeland Xavier Cheseto Moses Nyongesa Patrick Pwaipwai Sevgan Subramanian Abdou Tenkouano Betty Kibaara Chrysantus M. TangaAbstract
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Urban agriculture has the potential to contribute to more sustainable cities, but its impacts are complex and varied. By implementing robust monitoring systems, cities can better understand the true effects of urban farming initiatives. This evidence can then inform smarter policies and more effective urban planning strategies.
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Shaohui Zhang Poul Erik Lærke Mathias Neumann Andersen Junxiang Peng Esben Øster Mortensen Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Pullens Sheng Wang Klaus Steenberg Larsen Davide Cammarano Uffe Jørgensen Kiril ManevskiAbstract
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