Bait-lamina test for assessment of polluted soils: Rough vs. Precise scales

Воробейчик, Е. Л.; Bergman, I. E.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107277

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“…This midden‐based deployment strategy probably explains the sensitivity of this approach, formally recognizing L. terrestris redistribution of plant debris (and slug pellets) through nocturnal foraging activities, which results in highly localized hotspots. The two‐point scale for bait consumption is biased towards earthworm activities because they are large, mobile invertebrates, which can consume 80–300 mg/g/day in food (Edwards & Bohlen, 1996) and more likely to consume >50% bait (Vorobeichik & Bergman, 2021). There is no evidence that pest species of slug ( Deroceras reticulatum) consumed the bait‐lamina, no slugs were observed during field sampling.…”

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Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms

Dummett

Sturrock

Stroud

2023

Soil Use and Management

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Slugs are a major pest in arable agriculture that are typically controlled by using pesticide‐impregnated pellets (molluscicides). We received multiple requests from farmers in 2018 for research into the impact of slug pellets on earthworms because they had been told that ferric‐based pellets were ‘worm‐friendly’. We measured soil fauna feeding activities within Lumbricus terrestris middens on a replicated field plot experiment comparing the recommended product rates of a metaldehyde (4%) based or ferric phosphate EDDS (3%) based slug pellets. There was a significant decrease in feeding activity in the presence of either type of slug pellet, particularly in the top 25 mm of the soil indicating movement away from the pesticide. This could be explained by the significantly lower abundance (numbers and biomass) of earthworms in the topsoil. Four months after ferric phosphate‐based slug pellet application, there was no significant difference between the control and treated plots in earthworm abundance, indicating the effects were temporary. In the laboratory, individual Lumbricus terrestris earthworms consumed up to 4 slug pellets over 14 days and no significant differences in biomass were measured. A burrowing fitness assay indicated that earthworms exposed to ferric phosphate‐based slug pellets burrowed to a greater depth. This suggests an avoidance behaviour response, which could also explain the field results. A consultation with farmers (n = 68) rated this information service as useful and indicated widespread interest in minimizing the effects of pesticides on non‐target soil fauna.

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Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms

Dummett

Sturrock

Stroud

2023

Soil Use and Management

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“…Bait-lamina test was performed at the peak of the growing season, in May. Bait-lamina test is a simple and common in-situ indicator of feeding activity of soil fauna (Von Törne, 1990), with negligible effects from soil microorganisms and abiotic decay (Hamel et al, 2007;Klimek et al, 2015;Vorobeichik & Bergman, 2021). Plastic strips of 120 Â 6 Â 1 mm, with 16 bi-conical apertures 1 mm in diameter arranged every 6 mm were used.…”

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Diversity and activity of soil biota at a post‐mining site highly contaminated with Zn and Cd are enhanced by metallicolous compared to non‐metallicolous Arabidopsis halleri ecotypes

Klimek

Stępniewska

Seget³

et al. 2023

Land Degrad Dev

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Hyperaccumulators' ability to take up large quantities of harmful heavy metals from contaminated soils and store them in their foliage makes them promising organisms for bioremediation. Here we demonstrate that some ecotypes of the zinc hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri are more suitable for bioremediation than others, because of their distinct influence on soil biota. In a field experiment, populations originating from metal‐polluted and unpolluted soils were transplanted to a highly contaminated metalliferous site in Southern Poland. Effects of plant ecotypes on soil biota were assessed by measurements of feeding activity of soil fauna (bait‐lamina test) and catabolic activity and functional diversity of soil bacteria underneath A. halleri plants (Biolog® ECO plates). Chemical soil properties, plant morphological parameters, and zinc concentration in shoots and roots were additionally evaluated. Higher soil fauna feeding activity and higher bacterial community functional diversity were found in soils affected by A. halleri plants originating from metallicolous compared to non‐metallicolous ecotypes. Differences in community‐level physiological profiles further evidenced changes in microbial communities in response to plant ecotype. These soil characteristics were positively correlated with plant size. No differences in zinc content in shoots and roots, zinc translocation ratio, and plant morphology were observed between metallicolous and non‐metallicolous plants. Our results indicate strong associations between A. halleri ecotype and soil microbial community properties. In particular, the improvement of soil biological properties by metallicolous accessions should be further explored to optimize hyperaccumulator‐based bioremediation technologies.

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“…Five test areas were set up for each treatment, and 5 strips per area were placed about 15-20 cm apart to monitor the feeding activities of soil fauna with 150 bait lamina in total. After 2 weeks of monitoring, the bait strips were taken from the soil and evaluated with filled (0), partly empty (0.5), and empty (1) (Vorobeichik and Bergman, 2021), to calculate the number of perforated bait strips at each study site and evaluate the percentage of perforated bait strips to the number of test holes in the field. In this study, soil temperature was measured using a HOBO U23-003 sensor (Onset Computer Corporation, Pocasset, MA, United States).…”

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Effects of organic fertilizer incorporation practices on crops yield, soil quality, and soil fauna feeding activity in the wheat-maize rotation system

Zhou

Zhang

Jiang

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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The decline in soil quality is becoming a significant process of soil degradation. Optimizing organic fertilizer incorporation practices in cropland is essential to enhancing crop productivity and soil health. However, that requires a comprehensive understanding of crop yield and soil quality reaction across an application gradient of organic fertilizer. We investigated the effect of organic fertilizer incorporation practices on crop yield, soil quality, and fauna feeding activity from fluvo-aquic soils on wheat (Triticum aestivum)-maize (Zea mays) rotation field. The six treatments included were unfertilized N control (UC), traditional chemical fertilizer application (TF, 600 N kg ha−1 year−1), and recommended chemical fertilization (RF, 400 N kg ha−1 year−1) with no organic fertilizer application rate, low-level 15.0 (RFLO), medium-level 30.0 (RFMO), and high-level 45.0 t ha−1 year−1 (RFHO) application, respectively. The research findings show that the yield with organic fertilizer incorporation treatments increased 26.4%–44.6% for wheat and 12.5%–40.8% for maize compared to RF plots. The long-term organic fertilizer incorporation rate increased organic carbon from 54.7% to 110.6% versus UC plots and 27.9%–74.0% versus chemical fertilizer (TF and RF) treatments, and the total nitrogen content of soil increased from 41.8% to 59.2%, and 24.6%–39.2%. The long-term inorganic fertilizer combined with organic fertilizer incorporation practices significantly enhanced soil sucrose (30.1%–51.9%), urease (28.4%–38.3%), and β-1,4-glucosidase (34.6%–122.4%) activity. Still, nitrite reductase, polyphenol oxidase, and catalase significantly lower 27.3%–49.9%, 8.5%–26.3% and 23.3%–34.3% than single applications of inorganic N fertilizer groups. Meanwhile, the results showed that organic fertilizer incorporation practices improved soil fauna feeding activity by 35.2%–42.5%, and the excessive application of inorganic N fertilizer reduced the activity level of soil fauna.

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Bait-lamina test for assessment of polluted soils: Rough vs. Precise scales

Cited by 9 publications

References 46 publications

Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms

Monitoring the effects of pesticide pellets to address farmers' concerns on soil fauna, specifically earthworms

Diversity and activity of soil biota at a post‐mining site highly contaminated with Zn and Cd are enhanced by metallicolous compared to non‐metallicolous Arabidopsis halleri ecotypes

Effects of organic fertilizer incorporation practices on crops yield, soil quality, and soil fauna feeding activity in the wheat-maize rotation system

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