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Microbial properties of soils as affected by cropping and nutrient management practices in several long-term manurial experiments in the semi-arid tropics of India

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.04.001
 
Title Microbial properties of soils as affected by cropping and
nutrient management practices in several long-term
manurial experiments in the semi-arid tropics of India
 
Creator Vineela, C
Wani, S P
Srinivasarao, CH
Padmaja, B
Vittal, K P R
 
Subject Others
 
Description Microorganisms play a critical role in nutrient transformation, soil health and for sustaining the productivity of soils. Effects of long-term cropping, fertilization, manuring and their integration on microbial community were studied in soil samples from five long-term
fertilizer experiments under various rainfed production systems in the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of India. Microbial population counts were analyzed by dilution plating and were in turn compared with different parameters such as soil treatments, soil type, soil microbial biomass C, soil organic C, rainfall and soil pH. The counts were high in treatments where combinations of organic and inorganic fertilizers were applied compared to control. Vertisols
showed larger organic carbon levels than Alfisols. Fungal population was higher in acidic soils and in treatments under continuous inorganic fertilization treatments whereas
a high number of bacteria were found in integrated use of organic and inorganic fertilizers. At most of the locations soil organic C and microbial biomass C showed significant positive ( p � 0.05) correlation with microbial populations. Thus, results suggest that even under arid
and semi-arid tropical conditions, regular addition of nutrients in an integrated manner could improve soil organic carbon and microbial population counts. For each production system, better carbon sequestration management practices were identified
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2008
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2320/1/AppliedSoilEcology_40_1_165-173_2008.pdf
Vineela, C and Wani, S P and Srinivasarao, CH and Padmaja, B and Vittal, K P R (2008) Microbial properties of soils as affected by cropping and nutrient management practices in several long-term manurial experiments in the semi-arid tropics of India. Applied Soil Ecology, 40 (1). pp. 165-173.