The Role of Soil Fauna for Decomposition of Plant Residues

2009 ◽  
pp. 207-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Schaefer ◽  
S. Migge-Kleian ◽  
S. Scheu
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fauna ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Decomposition Of Plant Residues

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN BIOTIC COMPONENTS IN SOILS AND THEIR MODIFICATION BY MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CANADA: A REVIEW

1973 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. T. MILLS ◽  
B. P. ALLEY
Keyword(s):  
Seed Treatment ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Soil Fauna ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Severe Winter ◽  
Winter Conditions ◽  
Dominant Soil ◽  
Complex Manner ◽  
Decomposition Of Plant Residues

Soil microfloral and faunal components are vitally concerned with soil fertility, plant growth, and decomposition of plant residues and pesticides and are interrelated in a complex manner. Interactions occurring between dominant soil biotic components have been compiled and each interaction rated according to its importance in the literature. This review is intended as a framework on which further information can be superimposed and the relative importance of interactions revised. The general format used is as follows: functions of major biotic components; their interactions; the effects of management practices, excluding pesticides, on the components; and the effects of pesticides. A concluding section suggests where further research is needed. In particular, information is required on the effects of Collembola, mites, enchytraeid worms, and protozoa on actinomycetes; of discing and severe winter conditions on faunal and microfloral populations; of seed treatment fungicides on soil fauna; of lindane, dasanit, furadan, and lannate insecticides on fungi, bacteria, and actinomycetes; of lindane and diazinon on nematodes, and of dasanit, furadan, and lannate on earthworms, enchytraeid worms, Collembola, and mites. Also, more information is needed on the effects of barban, diallate, and triallate herbicides on the major soil biota and of MCPA on the soil fauna.

The influence of soil conditions on the decomposition of organic matter in the soil

1917 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. J. Russell ◽  
A. Appleyard
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Plant Nutrients ◽  
Fundamental Importance ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Decomposition Of Organic Matter ◽  
Decomposition Of Plant Residues

The biochemical decomposition of plant residues and other organic matter in the soil is of fundamental importance for soil fertility. It causes the breaking down of coarse plant fragments which otherwise might open up the soil too much: it leads to the production of colloidal complexes known as humus which exert many beneficial effects both chemical and physical, and it brings about the formation of nitrates, the most important of the nitrogenous plant nutrients.

scholarly journals Redevelopment of biological activity in stripmine spoils: saprotrophic fungi – abstract

1988 ◽  
Vol 94 ◽  
pp. 85-85
Author(s):  
Suzanne Visser
Keyword(s):  
Fungal Community ◽  
Soil Disturbance ◽  
Plant Residues ◽  
Fungal Community Composition ◽  
Saprotrophic Fungi ◽  
Fungal Community Structure ◽  
Soil Fungal Community ◽  
And Function ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Decomposition Of Plant Residues

The impact of severe soil disturbance on soil fungal community composition and function and how this relates to the resultant decomposition/mineralisation process is very poorly understood. Consequently, research was conducted to determine: (a) to what degree fungal community structure and potential function are altered in a sub-alpine coal mine spoil (Luscar, Alberta), and (b) how do alterations in the fungal community affect patterns of fungal colonisation and decomposition of plant residues deposited on recently mined soil.

Role of soil fauna in decomposition of rice and sorghum straw

1989 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arun Lekha ◽  
G Chopra ◽  
S R Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fauna ◽  
Sorghum Straw

The role of spatial heterogeneity of the environment in soil fauna recovery after fires

2016 ◽  
Vol 471 (2) ◽  
pp. 1265-1268 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. B. Gongalsky ◽  
A. S. Zaitsev
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Heterogeneity ◽  
Soil Fauna
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