Utilización de plantas leguminosas en restauración medioambiental de taludes y suelos degradados

  1. Antonio Castellano-Hinojosa 1
  2. Valentín Contreras-Medrano 1
  3. Eulogio J. Bedmar 1
  1. 1 CSIC.Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ). Granada
Revista:
Mol: boletín de la Sociedad de Ciencias de Galicia

ISSN: 1133-3669

Any de publicació: 2016

Títol de l'exemplar: AÑO INTERNACIONAL DE LAS LEGUMBRES

Número: 16

Pàgines: 48-59

Tipus: Article

Altres publicacions en: Mol: boletín de la Sociedad de Ciencias de Galicia

Resum

Soil is an essential for life in our planet. Anthropogenic practices such as the construction of transport infrastructure and wrong agricultural practices cause serious problems of erosion and loss of soil. In this regard, the use of leguminous plants has been shown to help to recover eroded, degraded, unfertile soils. Legumes are special among the higher plants because their ability to establish nitrogen-fixing symbioses with diazotrophic bacteria, thereby providing fixed nitrogen to the soil. Here we revised the methodology and type of legumes that can be used depending on the characteristic of the soil to be restored. In addition, other bioengineer- ing techniques employed in environmental restoration are presented