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Soil Management and Seasonal Community Structure of Soil Microarthropods in Semi-Arid Tropical Alfisols

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Title Soil Management and Seasonal Community Structure of Soil Microarthropods in Semi-Arid Tropical Alfisols
 
Creator Reddy, M V
Reddy, V R
Kumar, V P K
Yule, D F
Cogle, A L
 
Subject Soil Science
 
Description Response of the soil microarthropod community was monitored across different soil
management treatments with annual and perennial crops in semi-arid tropical Alfisols.
Annual crop management treatments included zero, shallow and deep tillage either bare,
or with application of 15 t ha" farm-yard manure or 5 t ha" rice-straw. Perennial crop
treatments were Stylosanthes hamala, Cenchrus ciliaris and pigeonpea either alone or
in combination. Microarthropods, across all the treatments, included Collembola, Acarina,
Araneae, Pseudoscorpiones, Pauropods, Symphyla, Diplura, Dermaptera. Psocoptera,
Isoptera, Thysanoptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera and Coleoptera adults and larvae. The
number of Collembola and Acarina together constituted > 62% of the total
microarthropods. The population densities of all microarthropods showed a more or less
similar pattern of temporal variations under all treatments. They were higher during the
rainy season of 1990 and 1991 in bare plots under zero-tillage treatment followed by plots
under rice-straw treatment. However, densities during rainy months of 1989 were low
compared to those of 1990 because of the high dose of carbofuran treatment. Population
densities showed significant treatment differences during some months indicating
significant impact of soil management practices on microarthropod community structure.
 
Date 1992
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4721/1/CP_829.pdf
Reddy, M V and Reddy, V R and Kumar, V P K and Yule, D F and Cogle, A L (1992) Soil Management and Seasonal Community Structure of Soil Microarthropods in Semi-Arid Tropical Alfisols. In: Proceedings Of The International Conference Problems In Modern Soil Management , August 31 - Septombor 5,1992, Brno, Czechoslovakia.