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Similar positive effects of beneficial bacteria, nematodes and earthworms on soil quality and productivity
- Source :
- Applied Soil Ecology. 130:202-208
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2018.
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Abstract
- Bio-fertilizers are thought to be overwhelmingly superior to chemical fertilizers for the improvement of soil quality and productivity. However, the comprehensive effects of bio-fertilizer on the soil ecosystem and the possibility of using multiple soil beneficial biota are still not well understood. A two-year field study was conducted to examine how crop yield, soil biochemical properties, enzyme activities, and functional diversity responded to different bio-fertilizers in the sweet potato phase of a double-cropping system (sweet potato and rapeseed). Six fertilizer treatments, including one chemical treatment (CF), two organic treatments (OM, organic manure; MC, organic manure plus chemical fertilizer) and three bio-fertilizer treatments (MCN containing nematodes, MCE containing earthworms, and MCP containing phosphate-solubilizing bacteria) were compared. The soils under CF had the lowest values for all soil parameters in comparison with the other treatments. Among the organic and bio-fertilizer treatments, OM performed better in improving soil biological properties such as soil respiration and microbial biomass, while soils under all these treatments had similar soil enzyme activities and functionality. Crop yield was positively correlated with soil nutrient levels, microbial biomass and enzyme activity, and most of the biochemical variables were highly intercorrelated. Our results indicated that organic fertilizers and bio-fertilizers were superior to chemical fertilizers and generally improved soil quality and productivity to similar levels in the field.
- Subjects :
- Ecology
Crop yield
food and beverages
Soil Science
Biomass
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
010501 environmental sciences
Biology
engineering.material
complex mixtures
01 natural sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Soil quality
Soil respiration
Productivity (ecology)
Agronomy
Soil water
040103 agronomy & agriculture
engineering
0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries
Ecosystem
Fertilizer
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09291393
- Volume :
- 130
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Soil Ecology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f615c26a543070ea68fb75c95d9b659f