Influence of 90-year potato and winter rye monocultures under different fertilisation on soil mites

Gruss, Iwona; Twardowski, Jacek; Hurej, M.

doi:10.17221/46/2016-pps

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“…Few studies have investigated the impact of monoculture cropping on soil mites, whereas legumes crops may favor certain groups of mites [171] due to greater N availability. Gruss et al (2017) investigated the impact of a single crop, potato, or winter rye on the assemblage of soil-inhabiting mites after 90 years of CC. Different taxa of mites showed preferences for certain crops.…”

Section: Soil Mites and Other Organismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Different taxa of mites showed preferences for certain crops. For instance, a higher abundance mite (Prostigmata) was observed in potato, while Oribatida and Gamasida were more abundant in the winter rye [172]. Similarly, some studies have also investigated the impact of CC on other soil mesofauna groups such as springtails [173,174].…”

Section: Soil Mites and Other Organismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

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The continuous cropping (CC) of major agricultural, horticultural, and industrial crops is an established practice worldwide, though it has significant soil health-related concerns. However, a combined review of the effects of CC on soil health indicators, in particular omics ones, remains missing. The CC may negatively impact multiple biotic and abiotic indicators of soil health, fertility, and crop yield. It could potentially alter the soil biotic indicators, which include but are not limited to the composition, abundance, diversity, and functioning of soil micro- and macro-organisms, microbial networks, enzyme activities, and soil food web interactions. Moreover, it could also alter various soil abiotic (physicochemical) properties. For instance, it could increase the accumulation of toxic metabolites, salts, and acids, reduce soil aggregation and alter the composition of soil aggregate-size classes, decrease mineralization, soil organic matter, active carbon, and nutrient contents. All these alterations could accelerate soil degradation. Meanwhile, there is still a great need to develop quantitative ranges in soil health indicators to mechanistically predict the impact of CC on soil health and crop yield gaps. Following ecological principles, we strongly highlight the significance of inter-, mixture-, and rotation-cropping with cover crops to sustain soil health and agricultural production.

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Section: Soil Mites and Other Organismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Soil Mites and Other Organismsmentioning

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Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

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“…Furthermore, crop type was shown to affect mite community structure. For example, rye fields in Poland were found to have a higher soil mite density than potato fields [8], corn fields and orchard mite communities in the black soil area had less diversity [9], the soil mite community structure under soybean planting showed characteristics of temporal dynamic change [2], and the community structure of soil mites in peony gardens is influenced by different management modes and human activities [10]. Changes in farming systems, agricultural management models, and crop types affect the community structure of soil mites.…”

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Community structure of soil mites under different crops and its response to environmental factors in the buffer zone of Shibing Karst World Natural Heritage

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Gong

Liu

et al. 2023

Environ. Res. Commun.

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To reveal the differences in the community structure of soil mites under different crop environments in the buffer zone of the Shibing Karst World Natural Heritage Site, soil mites from corn fields (CF), pear tree lands (PL), tobacco fields (TF), grape fields (GF), and plum gardens (PG) were collected in the buffer zone in January 2022. Through the identification of mite specimens and data analysis, differences in the number of families, genera, individuals, individual density, diversity, similarity of communities, ecological groups of oribatid mites, and responses to environmental factors of soil mites under different crop environments were determined. The results showed that: (1) A total of 6941 soil mites were captured in the study area, belonging to 130 genera, 75 families, and 3 orders. The number of soil mite genera (CF and TF > PL > PG > GF) and number of soil mite individuals (PG > PL > GF > TF > CF) showed characteristics of differential distribution and surface soil aggregation in the five habitats. (2) Scheloribates, Protorobotritia, and Tectocepheus were the dominant genera in the study area. Lohmannia, Scheloribates, and Tectocepheus, representative species that indicate a good soil environment, were distributed in the sample plots of CF, PL, and PG to varying degrees, indicating that the ecological environment of these three crops was healthy. (3) The diversity index of PG was the highest, and similarity analysis of the five habitats revealed that they were at a medium level of similarity. (4) The ecological groups of oribatid mites in the different crop environments were dominated by the overall (O) type, which is a combination of Macropylina, Gymnonota, and Poronota. (5) The community structure of soil mites was sensitive to bulk density (BD), natural water content (NWC), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), total potassium (TK), available potassium (AK), and soil organic matter (SOM). Based on the above results, there were differences in the community structures of soil mites under different crop environments in the study area. The identification of the dominant mite genera can preliminarily indicate the environmental conditions of different crops, and a special correlation exists between the community structure of mites and environmental factors. Studying the community structure of mites in different crop environments in the Shibing Karst World Natural Heritage Site buffer zone is important in ensuring the ecological protection and sustainable development of the buffer zone. Furthermore, the results of this study support the role of the buffer zone as an ecological protection barrier for the heritage site.

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“…There are several methods to access soil quality based on fauna. The most common is the general evaluation of microarthropod occurrence in the field (Gruss et al, 2018;Twardowski et al, 2016), with Collembola and Acari accounting for about 95% of the total number of arthropods which live in the soil (Neher & Barbercheck, 1998). However, Collembola and Acari represent different ecological traits and can occupy different food web trophic levels (González-Macé & Scheu, 2018).…”

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Microarthropods and vegetation as biological indicators of soil quality studied in poor sandy sites at former military facilities

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Biota play major roles in soil function and are highly sensitive to any disturbances including land degradation. However, it is not fully understood which organisms and what parameters can be useful in assessing soil quality. To fill this research gap we searched for good indicators of changes in environmental quality that could help to assess land degradation. Next to indicators using physical and chemical parameters, biological agents can also provide a lot of information. To obtain such knowledge we compared the soil quality of former military sites, which differed mainly in the texture, nutrients and organic carbon content based on fauna and vegetation indices.Among the fauna indices were Collembola and Acari abundance, Soil Biological Quality index (QBS-ar), decomposition rate and feeding activity. The Ellenberg index was used as a vegetation indicator, in which the response to pH, nutrients, and moisture was analysed. The experiment was conducted at 2 former military sites in the Czech Republic. Site 2 was characterised by higher nutrient content and a more compact soil structure in comparison to site 1. It was found that almost all fauna and vegetation indices showed better soil quality in site 2. The significant changes were indicated by the Collembola abundance, QBS-ar index and feeding activity, as well as response to pH considering vegetation indicators. Finally, we conclude the usefulness of biological indicators for monitoring the quality of soil, which can be adopted when making decisions concerning land use.

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Influence of 90-year potato and winter rye monocultures under different fertilisation on soil mites

Cited by 9 publications

References 28 publications

Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

Community structure of soil mites under different crops and its response to environmental factors in the buffer zone of Shibing Karst World Natural Heritage

Microarthropods and vegetation as biological indicators of soil quality studied in poor sandy sites at former military facilities

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