Bioindicators of soil quality in coffee organic cultivation systems

Pimentel, Márcio Sampaio; De-Polli, Helvécio; Aquino, Adriana Maria de; Correia, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes; Rouws, Janaína Ribeiro Costa

doi:10.1590/s0100-204x2011000500013

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“…The available phosphorus showed the highest value in the cluster with agroforestry-based coffee and corresponds with the research which found that the phosphorus content was higher in the coffee under organic rather than conventional management (Tully et al, 2013). Agroforestry-based coffee is most commonly cultivated to cope with the physiological stress, decreased soil erosion and to generate additional income for the farmer (Pimentel et al, 2011;Tscharntke et al, 2011).…”

Section: Pca Mds and Sqi Clusteringsupporting

confidence: 82%

Soil Quality under Agroforestry Trees Pattern in Upper Citarum Watershed, Indonesia

Mulyono¹,

Suriadikusumah²,

Harriyanto³

et al. 2019

J. Ecol. Eng.

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This paper discusses the setting up of a multivariate statistical method in selecting the useful soil quality indicators for soil quality assessment under agroforestry pattern. The of soil quality has been recognized as a tool to determine the sustainability of land resources, especially in agroforestry development. The study was carried out at Upper Citarum Watershed of Bandung district, West Java province, Indonesia. The soil samples were taken with purposive sampling under agroforestry pattern. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used as the multivariate statistical method to identify the minimum data set (MDS); scoring of each indicator, and data integration in the index of soil quality. The MDS consisted of four soil chemical indicators and represented 83.6% of the variability of data, i.e., pH, and exchangeable Calcium (exch Ca), organic Carbon (org C), and exchangeable Natrium (exch Na) respectively. The soil quality index (SQI) was categorized under agroforestry pattern as moderate. The artificial agroforestry-based coffee with an intercropping system (timber woods, multi purpose trees and horticultures) provides better soil quality.

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Section: Pca Mds and Sqi Clusteringsupporting

confidence: 82%

Soil Quality under Agroforestry Trees Pattern in Upper Citarum Watershed, Indonesia

Mulyono¹,

Suriadikusumah²,

Harriyanto³

et al. 2019

J. Ecol. Eng.

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“…In OS, we found a greater density of soil macrofauna in winter, a result that differs from most references in the literature, where the normal is to find a greater density in summer. Pimentel et al (2011) report a greater density in coffee plantations in summer, while Fernandes et al (2013) highlight a greater mobility of soil fauna in coffee plantations in the rainy season. Silva et al (2012) mention that summer is more adequate for reproduction, resulting in a greater numbers of soil fauna community, so that most authors disagree from our results.…”

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Soil macrofauna in organic and conventional coffee plantations in Brazil

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Brazil has always been one of the most important coffee producing countries. Lately, there has equally been a renewed interest in alternative coffee production systems. The state of Espírito Santo is the second greatest coffee producer in Brazil; so, we used local coffee plantations to evaluate the relations between soil macrofauna and chemical and microbiological soil properties to identify which of these properties discriminate more effectively between the organic management system (OS) and the conventional management system (CS) of coffee plantations. For each of these two cultivation systems we chose three coffee farms who employed both cultivation systems and picked out the most similar fields from each property. At each site, first we sampled the litter at the soil surface. Afterwards, we sampled nine soil monoliths to evaluate the macrofauna, in summer and winter. We also collected nine supplemental soil samples, taken at a few centimeters from the soil monoliths, for chemical and microbiological analyses. Macrofauna density was evaluated by ANOVA and multivariate analysis. The chemical and microbiological properties are environmental variables, while the data on macrofauna are the explanatory variables. The total number of individuals recovered in this study was 3,354, and the climate, identified by the sampling season, was a great modulator of macrofauna, with higher numbers in winter. The principal components analysis showed that soil moisture, organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus, boron, copper, pH, acid and alkaline phosphatases and microbial biomass carbon, were the most outstanding ones to discriminate both cultivation systems. We found no statistical significant differences in macrofauna density between OS and CS, probably due to a general great variability, since there was a tendency for much greater values in OS. We detected the interference of chemical and microbiological soil properties on the macrofauna community in both systems of coffee cultivation, and some results clearly correlated much better with climate data than with other factors. To our knowledge, this is the first time in which the data point to a clear separation between the more numerous and diversified soil macrofauna in coffee with organic cultivation from that with a conventional cultivation system.

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“…Analogamente, a manutenção da cobertura vegetal na superfície do solo pode favorecer a atividade dos organismos engenheiros do ecossistema e promover maior diversidade de macrofauna. Pimentel et al (2011), ao estudarem o efeito de consórcios de diferentes espécies com cafeeiro observaram também maior abundância dos grupos Coleoptera, Formicidae e Isoptera em sistemas consorciados com guandu quando comparados ao sistema convencional, resultado associado à presença de camada herbácea e maior disponibilidade de alimentos à macrofauna.…”

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“…Fitomassas heterogêneas (incluindo a serapilheira e plantas daninhas) presentes em SAFs, além de contribuírem para melhoria da fertilidade do solo (Carmo et al, 2014;Guimarães et al, 2014;LOPES et al, 2014), ampliam as condições para a ocorrência de um maior número de espécies de fauna pela grande disponibilidade de recursos e microhábitats, permitindo o desenvolvimento de organismos dos mais diversos tamanhos e grupos funcionais, como a fauna edáfica (Souto et al, 2008;Lima et al, 2010;Pimentel et al, 2011).…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

“…Além disso, participam de ciclos biogeoquímicos, por meio da decomposição e ciclagem de nutrientes e interferem no desenvolvimento do solo, características que os permitem modificar, física e quimicamente, o ambiente em que vivem (Correia e Andrade, 2004). Por outro lado, a macrofauna do solo também pode ser influenciada pelos atributos físicos, químicos e biológicos do solo (Lima et al, 2010), relacionados a diferentes coberturas do solo (Pimentel et al, 2011) e à qualidade e quantidade de matéria orgânica (Souto et al, 2008).…”

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