1995
DOI: 10.1007/bf02413013
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A comparative account of the microbiological characteristics of soils under natural forest, grassland and cropfield from Eastern India

Abstract: Microbiological and physico-chemical characteristics of tropical forest, grassland and cropfield soils from India were investigated. The study revealed that the conversion of natural forest led to a reduction of soil organic C (26-36%), total N (26-35%), total P (33-44%), microfungal biomass (44-66%) and total microbial biomass C, N and P (25-60%) over a period of 30-50 years. Comparative analysis of microbial activity in terms of basal soil respiration revealed maximum activity in the forest and minimum in th… Show more

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“…Through the soil erosion in the barren site there may be loss of soil nutrients. Rapid loss of soil nutrients through leaching in the absence of vegetation cover has also been reported by Mroz et al (1985) and Prasad et al (1994). The size of the microbial biomass in terms of C and N was observed to be less in deforested barren soil, where the means MB-C and MB-N were calculated to be 83 per cent and 66 per cent of the mean estimate for the natural forest soil.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 77%
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“…Through the soil erosion in the barren site there may be loss of soil nutrients. Rapid loss of soil nutrients through leaching in the absence of vegetation cover has also been reported by Mroz et al (1985) and Prasad et al (1994). The size of the microbial biomass in terms of C and N was observed to be less in deforested barren soil, where the means MB-C and MB-N were calculated to be 83 per cent and 66 per cent of the mean estimate for the natural forest soil.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 77%
“…The comparatively low ratio in the deforested barren soil can therefore be ascribed to less microbial immobilization of nutrients. A lower ratio of MB-C: organic C as a result of deforestation has been reported by several authors (Basu and Behera, 1993;Henrot and Robertson, 1994;Prasad et al, 1994). A high ratio of MB-C:organic C in the natural forest soil can be explained on the basis of the fact that more diversi®ed organic substrate production and input in the soil subsystem support a more interdependent food chain leading to maintenance of a higher microbial C per unit of soil organic C (Anderson and Domsch, 1989).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 86%
“…Pela sua diversidade e dinâmica, e por estarem continuamente mudando e se adaptando às alterações ambientais, os microrganismos constituem indicadores sensíveis às mudanças oriundas do manejo do solo (Kennedy & Papendick, 1995) e do tipo de cobertura vegetal (Prasad et al, 1994).…”
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“…O aumento da erosão leva a uma perda ou remoção das partículas de argila (LAL, 1976(LAL, , 1989NARAIN et al, 1990). A perda de argila como impacto negativo do desmatamento foi reportada também em diversos estudos (BASU; BEHERA, 1993;PHASAD et al, 1994;ISLAM;WEIL, 2000;HAJABBASI et al, 1997;SAHANI;BEHERA, 2001), os quais corroboram as tendências observadas nesta pesquisa. O reflorestamento mais recente apresentou maior conteúdo de areia e menor de argila, enquanto que a área mais antiga exibiu conteúdos inversos de areia e argila.…”
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“…Esse fato pode ser explicado pela frequente aplicação de fertilizantes na região, segundo constatação em campo, e deslocamento desses via enxurrada para a área em restauração, vizinha a cultivos de cana-deaçúcar que utilizam fertirrigação com vinhaça e adubação com torta de filtro, ambos muito ricos em potássio. Além da perda de nutrientes por lixiviação, uma menor atividade e biomassa microbiana em áreas degradadas e uma perda de microambientes no solo levam a um colapso nos processos de decomposição, resultando em uma deficiência de carbono e outros nutrientes no solo (AYANABA et al, 1976;PHASAD et al, 1994;BEHERA, 1993).…”
Section: Discussionunclassified