Rubber plantation ageing controls soil biodiversity after land conversion from cassava

Peerawat, Monrawee; Blaud, Aimeric; Trap, Jean; Chevallier, Tiphaine; Alonso, Pascal; Thaler, Philippe; Spor, Aymé; Sebag, David; Choosai, Chutinan; Suvannang, Nopmanee; Sajjaphan, Kannika; Brauman, Alain

doi:10.1016/j.agee.2018.01.034

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“…In this regard, a previous study of ours (Abe et al Unpublished data) revealed that the soil organic C stock at the study site was maintained on a relatively constant level over the economic lifetime of rubber trees. Similar results have been documented elsewhere as follows: N'Dri et al (2018) found similar or even higher contents of soil organic C and total N in 25-year-old rubber gardens, compared with those at 7-year-old gardens in Cote d'Ivoire, and Peerawat et al (2018) reported no significant change in the contents of organic C, available P, exchangeable Ca, Mg, and K, and cation exchange capacity over the rubber's economic lifetime in eastern Thailand. In practice, soil organic matter management is often identified as a key practice in soil fertility maintenance in the smallholder farming system in tropical regions (Coleman et al 1989), although the rubber farmers in our study site have no specific strategy for managing the soil organic matter for the moment.…”

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“…In fact, many previous studies reported the depletion of soil organic matter and mineral nutrients by land use change from primary or secondary forests to rubber plantation (e.g., Li et al 2012, de Blécourt et al 2013, Kotowska et al 2015, Allen et al 2015, and the soil degradation in rubber gardens can also increase with an increase in the age of the rubber tree stand (e.g., Aweto 1987, 2001, Cheng et al 2007. In contrast, other reports delivered inconsistent results to those previously documented: the soil fertility under rubber farming was similar to that under primary and secondary forests (e.g., Tanaka et al 2009, Moreira et al 2013, and little loss or even enhanced content of organic matter and some nutrients in the soil were found during rubber cultivation (Guillaume et al 2016, N'Dri et al 2018, Peerawat et al 2018. These contradictory findings warrant further research on the changes in soil fertility caused by rubber plantation.…”

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Does Soil Fertility Decline under Smallholder Rubber Farming? The Case of a West Sumatran Lowland in Indonesia

Umami

Kamarudin

Hermansah

et al. 2019

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In Indonesia, plantations of rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), which have been expanding rapidly in lowland areas of the Sumatra Island, are predominantly managed by smallholder farmers using a limited amount of fertilizers. The rapid growth of the rubber tree and the intensive collection of latex during an economic lifetime (ca. 25 years) of the rubber tree poses a risk of soil fertility decline in the rubber gardens, but changes in soil fertility under smallholder rubber farming have not been well assessed in this region. In the present study, we aimed to examine if the soil fertility declines under smallholder rubber farming through the assessment of the changes in the general soil fertility parameters along a chronosequence of rubber tree stands (n = 24; stand age, 3-27 years old) in a West Sumatran lowland. Our results revealed that all the parameters assessed in this study such as organic carbon, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, and exchangeable bases were found independent on the tree stand age and did not show any clear trends of decrease/increase during rubber cultivation period. These findings indicate that soil fertility decline under smallholder rubber farming system is unlikely in the study region.

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Section: Fig 1 Changes In the Soil Properties In Relation To The Desupporting

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confidence: 96%

Does Soil Fertility Decline under Smallholder Rubber Farming? The Case of a West Sumatran Lowland in Indonesia

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Hermansah

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“…Correspondingly, we found a higher abundance of carbon and nitrogen in organically managed soils, and higher phosphorus in conventionally-managed soils, in accordance with other studies of coffee agroecosystems in other countries (Partelli et al 2012). Differences in soil carbon, phosphorus, and nitrogen are strong determinants of bacterial community composition The previous land use of each farm had a strong effect on the soil microbiome, consistent with experimental findings of legacy effects on the assembly of soil microbial communities (Jurburg et al 2017;Peerawat et al 2018;Turley et al 2020). Our study further shows the persistent effect of previous land uses on lands under active cultivation.…”

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Soil microbial composition varies in response to coffee agroecosystem management

Jurburg

Shek

McGuire

2020

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Soil microbes are essential to the continued productivity of sustainably-managed agroecosystems. In shade coffee plantations, the relationship between soil microbial composition, soil nutrient availability, and coffee productivity have been demonstrated, but the effect of management on the composition of the soil microbial communities remains relatively unexplored. To further understand how management modulates the soil microbiome, we surveyed the soil fungal and bacterial communities, as well as soil chemistry and canopy composition in a Nicaraguan coffee cooperative, across 19 individual farms. Using amplicon sequencing, we found that management (organic or conventional), stand age, and previous land use strongly affected the soil microbiome, albeit in different ways. Bacterial communities were most strongly associated with soil chemistry, while fungal communities were more strongly associated with the composition of the canopy and historical land use of the coffee plantation. Notably, both fungal and bacterial richness decreased with stand age. In addition to revealing the first in-depth characterization of the soil microbiome in coffee plantations in Nicaragua, our results highlight how fungal and bacterial communities are simultaneously modulated by long-term land use legacies (i.e., an agricultural plot's previous land use) and short-term press disturbance (i.e., farm age).

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“…The tillage layer thickness is often used as an important indicator to judge land degradation for farmers. The soil is a non-renewable resource with ecological functions to maintain and improve soil and water conservation [30,31]. The core of cultivated land quality is soil quality.…”

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Comprehensive Evaluation of Cultivated Land Quality at County Scale: A Case Study of Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Tan

Chen

Lian

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IJERPH

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The existing evaluation system of cultivated land quality mainly considers the natural quality and utilisation conditions, but without sufficient emphasis on ecological environment, which can’t meet the requirements of the trinity pattern protection policy. This study, using GIS spatial analysis and multifactor comprehensive evaluation method, constructed a comprehensive evaluation index system, and applied it in Shengzhou. The results show that: (1) under the comprehensive evaluation system, the quality of cultivated land was classified into five levels and revealed normal distribution with the third level cultivated land area as the peak, successive reduction to the two poles, and the overall quality was good relatively; (2) A close relationship was observed between the quality grade of cultivated land and the landform, the valley plain with highest cultivated land quality was the main grain-producing areas. However, the cultivated land in mountainous areas was poor relatively, and vulnerable to geological disasters; (3) The quality grade of cultivated land was related to economical activities directly. The high-quality cultivated land resources made these towns the main grain-producing areas with many agricultural industries distribution. This study provided a new assessment approach that can support cultivated land grading, quality improvement, and sustainable usage, as well as providing a reference for related research and application.

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Rubber plantation ageing controls soil biodiversity after land conversion from cassava

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Cited by 34 publications

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Does Soil Fertility Decline under Smallholder Rubber Farming? The Case of a West Sumatran Lowland in Indonesia

Does Soil Fertility Decline under Smallholder Rubber Farming? The Case of a West Sumatran Lowland in Indonesia

Soil microbial composition varies in response to coffee agroecosystem management

Comprehensive Evaluation of Cultivated Land Quality at County Scale: A Case Study of Shengzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

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