Does the rice crop rotation stage influence the composition and activity of cultivable microbial populations of bulk soil from organically farmed rice fields?

EGU General Assembly, Viena (2011)
This study aimed at comparing the composition and activity of cultivable microbial populations of bulk soil of two adjacent organically farmed rice paddies (A and B) differing in the stage of the rice crop rotation. The crop rotation was: alfafa (2 years) and rice (2 years) and the paddies studied were in the first (A) and second year (B) of rice crop. Triplicate composite soil samples were collected in both paddies at 3 different stages of rice culture: before seeding (April), maximum tillering (July), and after harvesting (September).