Long-term organic mulching and no-tillage practice increase population and biomass of earthworm in sugarcane plantation

Niswati, Ainin; Yusnaini, Sri; Utomo, Muhajir; Dermiyati,; Arif, Mas Achmad Syamsul; Haryani, Sri; Kaneko, Nobuhiro

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/215/1/012034

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“…According to Chan (2001), the declines in earthworm population often reported in conventionally tilled soils are associated with undesirable changes in the soil environmental conditions resulting from excessive tillage. The same phenomenon was also reported by Niswati et al 2018, in long-term no-tillage system in sugarcane plantation…”

Section: Population and Biomass Of Earthwormssupporting

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Minimum Tillage and in situ Mulch Increasing the Population and Biomass of Earthworms Under Mung Bean Cultivation on Ultisol Soil

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Earthworms are important soil biota that can be used as an indicator of soil fertility. Soil tillage systems and application of organic mulch will affect the activity of earthworms. This research was aimed to study the effect of tillage systems and the application of in situ mulch, and their interactions on the population and the biomass of earthworms. The study was conducted from April to July 2017 at the Integrated Field Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Lampung. The study was arranged in a Randomized Block Design (RBD) in a factorial treatment with two factors. The first factor was the tillage system which consisted of the minimum tillage and the intensive tillage. The second factor was the application of in situ mulch, which consisted of the application of 0 Mg ha-1 or without mulch and the application of 5 Mg ha-1 in situ mulch.The data obtained were tested for homogeneity of variance with the Bartlett Test and its additivity with the Tukey Test. Data were further analyzed for the analysis of variance and for the LSD’s Test at the level of 5%. The relationship between soil temperature, soil moisture content, soil organic-C and soil pH with population and biomass earthworm was tested by correlation test. The results showed that the earthworm population and the earthworm biomass at 80 DAP in the minimum tillage was higher than that of the intensive tillage. The earthworm population for all detected planting stages (before tillage, 40 DAP and 80 DAP) with the of application of 5 Mg ha-1 in situ mulch was higher than that of the application of no mulch. There is no interaction between the tillage system and the application of in situ mulch at 0 DAP, 40 DAP, and 80 DAP. The genus of earthworms found in all treatment plots was genus Pheretima under the family of Megascolecidae.

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Section: Population and Biomass Of Earthwormssupporting

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Minimum Tillage and in situ Mulch Increasing the Population and Biomass of Earthworms Under Mung Bean Cultivation on Ultisol Soil

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“…It shows that the abundance of earthworms is significantly higher in minimum tillage compared to intensive tillage. This indicated that, soil tillage becomes unfavorable soils for earthworms to grow and develop, which is caused by tillage will increase the bulk density of the soil [12]; [13], thereby reducing the abundance of earthworms. In addition, due to tillage system, soil organic carbon is rapidly oxidized and lost from the soil system by conventional or intensive tillage [14] so that it becomes a habitat that was not favored by earthworms.…”

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Abundance and biomass of earthworm as affected by long-term different types of soil tillage and fertilization on mungbean plantation at Ultisols

Niswati

Liyana

Prasetyo

et al. 2022

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Long-term tillage and fertilization system have a strong impact on earthworms biomass and abundance in agriculture soils, however, enumerating their influence on mungbean plantation remains little studied. The purpose of this research was to study the effect of continous tillage and fertilization and their interaction on earthworms biomass and abundance under mungbean plantations. Two factors of treatments consisted of tillage system (minimum tillage and intensive tillage) and fertilization (without fertilization and fertilization by NPK (15:15:15) + chicken manure) what has been done since the first (2017) to sixth planting season (2020). The handsorting method was conducted at vegetative maximum and harvest time of mungbeans. The results show that the abundance and biomass of earthworms are significantly higher in minimum tillage compared to intensive tillage as well as fertilization compare to without fertilization. The greatest earthworms biomass and abundance were found in the maximum vegetative of mungbean. The interaction effect occurred at the maximum vegetative observation, namely in intensive tillage, there was no effect of fertilization, on the contrary, at minimum tillage, fertilization increased the abundance and biomass of earthworms. As a consequence, our results indicate that minimum tillage and fertilization significantly improve soil biological quality.

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“…Live stock based IFS is a zero waste approach [49] that prevents wasting residuals [50] to minimize agricultural production costs [51]. Cattle with maize, sugarcane and oil palm IFS [52][53][54] enhances the soil quality by the decomposing capacity of crop residues and earthworms improvement as bioindicator of soil fertility [55][56][57]. in addition to increasing soil moisture.…”

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Integrated Farming is an Effective Multiple Water use System to Enhance the Livelihood Security of Small and Marginal Farmers: A Review

Manivannan

Thilagam

2022

IJPSS

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The agriculture sector faces numerous challenges like increasing population, decreasing per capita land, fragmented land holdings, land degradation and climate change in 21st Century. The downtrend of per capita land availability poses a severe threat to the sustainability and profitability of agriculture. This issue is severe for small and marginal farmers as they face many problems sustaining single farm enterprises. The global assessment on water scarcity indicates that about 66 % of the global population live under severe water scarcity conditions. Increasing land and water productivity for enhancing livelihood security of rural poor is the challenge for various stakeholders of agriculture and allied sectors. Larger numbers of integrated farming system models have been developed and demonstrated across the globe. In most cases, integrated farming systems combine crops and livestock components. However, water component is rarely included in a few integrated farming system models and needs to be upscaled its research and demonstration on a larger scale. Hence, it is the right time to review the existing integrated farming system models and analyze the research gap on multiple water-use integrated farming systems to derive a future road map. This systematic review analyzed all available integrated farming systems' prospects and retrospects and their impacts on production and productivity. The reviews proved that crop and livestock based integrated farming systems are outperforming and enhancing farmers income, employment opportunities and fulfilling the family's nutritional requirements by optimizing the farm's resources. However, the role of harvested water and its effect on the integrated farming system is rarely studied. Hence, the research on multiple water use based integrated farming systems needs to be developed and demonstrated in all agro-ecological regions of different countries. The water productivity functions for multiple water use-based integrated farming systems need to be derived and tested to understand the role of harvested water in multiple water use scenarios.

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Long-term organic mulching and no-tillage practice increase population and biomass of earthworm in sugarcane plantation

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Minimum Tillage and in situ Mulch Increasing the Population and Biomass of Earthworms Under Mung Bean Cultivation on Ultisol Soil

Minimum Tillage and in situ Mulch Increasing the Population and Biomass of Earthworms Under Mung Bean Cultivation on Ultisol Soil

Abundance and biomass of earthworm as affected by long-term different types of soil tillage and fertilization on mungbean plantation at Ultisols

Integrated Farming is an Effective Multiple Water use System to Enhance the Livelihood Security of Small and Marginal Farmers: A Review

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