Low importance for a fungal based food web in arable soils under mineral and organic fertilization indicated by Collembola grazers

Impact of quality and quantity of biochar and hydrochar on soil Collembola and growth of spring wheat

“…This is likely due to root feeding and corresponds to recent laboratory (Endlweber et al, 2009) and field (Haubert et al, 2009;Ngosong et al, 2009) investigations, demonstrating Collembola to prefer plant roots over fungal diets. Overall, this indicates that positive biochar effects on root morphology can be reduced by Collembola, underlining the importance of faunal root grazing as mediator for biochar amendments to soil.…”

Interactions Between Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Organic Material Substrates

“…In an in vitro feeding preference trial, collembolans preferred to feed on AMF colonized roots compared to non-AMF roots, but when the sorghum crop residue was also included as a choice, this became the preferred food choice (Schreiner & Bethlenfalvay, 2003). Moreover, Ngosong et al (2009) found that although AMF were the dominant fungal group, they were not an important food source for Collembola under field conditions. Saprotrophic fungi associated with the litter which became the preferred collembolan food source rather than the AMF was thought to be responsible for this affect (Klironomos & Kendrick, 1995).…”

“…Pea pod mass and total plant mass also increased following the organic amendment, as did AMF colonization. In general, organic farming systems have also been shown to support greater collembolan population densities and diversity than conventional agricultural systems (Leroy, Bommele, Reheul, Moens, & De Neve, 2007;Miyazawa, Tsuji, Yamagata, Nakano, & Nakamoto, 2002 but see Ngosong, Raupp, Scheu, & Ruess, 2009). Similarly, Klironomos and Kendrick (1995) found that addition of forest litter to pots increased AMF colonization and host plant nutrient uptake of maple seedlings in the presence of collembolans.…”

Conservation tillage positively influences the microflora and microfauna in the black soil of Northeast China

“…Similarly, Liiri et al (2012) also claimed that intensive land use could have a long-lasting effect on soil ecosystem. Secondly, the other functional groups, such as Mites and Collembola, are also major fungal feeders (Holtkamp et al, 2008;Ngosong et al, 2009). In our study only nematodes were included in the fungivorous fauna.…”