scholarly journals Earthworms (Amynthas spp.) increase common bean growth, microbial biomass, and soil respiration

2017 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 2887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julierme Zimmer Barbosa ◽  
Wilian Carlo Demetrio ◽  
Caroline Malinski Silva ◽  
Jair Alves Dionísio
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Bean Plants

Few studies have evaluated the effect of earthworms on plants and biological soil attributes, especially among legumes. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of earthworms (Amynthas spp.) on growth in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) and on soil biological attributes. The experiment was conducted in a greenhouse using a completely randomized design with five treatments and eight repetitions. The treatments consisted of inoculation with five different quantities of earthworms of the genus Amynthas (0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 worms per pot). Each experimental unit consisted of a plastic pot containing 4 kg of soil and two common bean plants. The experiment was harvested 38 days after seedling emergence. Dry matter and plant height, soil respiration, microbial respiration, microbial biomass, and metabolic quotient were determined. Earthworm recovery in our study was high in number and mass, with all values above 91.6% and 89.1%, respectively. In addition, earthworm fresh biomass decreased only in the treatment that included eight earthworms per pot. The presence of earthworms increased the plant growth and improved soil biological properties, suggesting that agricultural practices that favor the presence of these organisms can be used to increase the production of common bean, and the increased soil CO2 emission caused by the earthworms can be partially offset by the addition of common bean crop residues to the soil.

scholarly journals Service crops improve a degraded monoculture system by changing common bean rhizospheric soil microbiota and reducing soil-borne fungal diseases

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla L Abán ◽  
Romina Verdenelli ◽  
Silvina Vargas Gil ◽  
Dina Jorgelina Huidobro ◽  
José M Meriles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Brachiaria Brizantha ◽  
Trichoderma Spp ◽  
Promising Alternative ◽  
Soil Ecosystem Services

Abstract Intensive agricultural practices have resulted in progressive soil degradation, with consequences on soil ecosystem services. The inclusion of service crops is a promising alternative to support the sustainability of the agricultural system. The aim of this study was to analyze in a six-year field experiment the effect of Brachiaria brizantha (perennial tropical grass) and Zea mays as service crops in a degraded common bean monoculture system in northwest Argentina. After six years, service crop treatments revealed a significant increase in most soil physical, chemical and biological properties (enzyme activities, microbial biomass, respiration and glomalin-related soil protein), compared with common bean monoculture. Also, a lower disease incidence was observed under B. brizantha treatments, associated with increased populations of Trichoderma spp. and Gliocladium spp. The PLFA profiles detected higher values of total microbial biomass under service crops. Our results suggest that the inclusion of several cycles of B. brizantha, constitute a promising soil management for recover degraded agroecosystems.

EFFECT OF CROP ROTATION AND FERTILIZATION ON SOME BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A LOAM IN SOUTHWESTERN SASKATCHEWAN

1984 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 355-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. O. BIEDERBECK ◽  
C. A. CAMPBELL ◽  
R. P. ZENTNER
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Organic N ◽  
Microbial Biomass C ◽  
Rotation Length ◽  
Continuous Type ◽  
Mineralizable N ◽  
P Fertilizer ◽  
Potentially Mineralizable N

Effects of rotation length, fallow-substitute crops, and N and P fertilizer on some physical and biological properties of a Brown Chernozemic loam in southwestern Saskatchewan were determined over a period of 16 yr. After 12 yr, the erodible fraction in the top 15 cm of soil (i.e., < 0.84 mm) was inversely related to trash conserved and thus rotation length. Soil organic N (in the top 15 cm) increased from 0.18 to 0.20% in continuous-type rotations receiving an average 32 kg N∙ha−1∙yr−1 and adequate P, but it did not increase in continuous wheat receiving P only, nor in fallow rotations, except the one that included fall rye (Secale cereale L.). This N increase was credited partly to fertilizer and partly to more efficient use and cycling of subsoil NO3-N via plant roots and crop residues. After 10 yr, well-fertilized continuous-type rotations had a 13% greater C content than fallow rotations and continuous wheat receiving only P. In the top 7.5 cm of soil under the four rotations examined in detail, bacterial numbers were lowest in fallow-wheat, intermediate in fallow-wheat-wheat, higher in continuous wheat receiving N and P, and highest in continuous wheat receiving only P. Similarly, microbial biomass C in these four rotations was 180, 226, 217 and 357 kg∙ha−1; biomass N was 52, 65, 54 and 72 kg∙ha−1; and biomass C/N ratios were 3.4, 3.5, 4.1 and 5.1, respectively. Differences in biomass C/N, respiration rates and numbers of bacteria, actinomycetes and yeasts indicated both quantitative and qualitative microbial changes and reflected increasing rotation length and differences in fertility. Potentially mineralizable N (No) was 192 kg∙ha−1 for adequately fertilized continuous wheat, and exceeded No in fallow-wheat by 45%, in fallow-wheat-wheat by 17% and in continuous wheat receiving only P by 25%. The latter rotation contained a large but fairly inactive microbial population. We concluded that land degradation caused by frequent summerfallowing can be arrested and the decline in amount and quality of organic matter reversed by use of available agronomic technology. Key words: Microbial biomass, microbial activity, potentially mineralizable N, respiration, soil erodibility

scholarly journals Ácidos húmicos para obtenção de maior massa fresca inicial em plantas de feijão comum ‘Pérola’

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 06
Author(s):  
Lincon Rafael da Silva ◽  
Matheus Garcia Guimarães ◽  
Roberto José de Freitas ◽  
Adilson Pelá ◽  
Daniel Diego Costa Carvalho
Keyword(s):  
Common Bean ◽  
Humic Acids ◽  
Aerial Part ◽  
Fulvic Acids ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Fresh Matter ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Bean Plants ◽  
Quadratic Response ◽  
Common Bean Plants

<p>Objetivou-se avaliar diferentes doses de ácidos húmicos na obtenção de massa fresca inicial de plantas de feijão comum ‘Pérola’. Para tanto, sementes de feijão foram tratadas com Rhal S1<sup>®</sup> (18% de ácidos húmico + 1,5% de ácidos fúlvicos) nas doses de 0, 100, 200, 300, 400 e 500 mL da solução para cada 100 kg de sementes. Em seguida, as sementes foram semeadas em vasos de 500 g de capacidade e após 14 dias de cultivo em casa de vegetação, foram mensurados a massa fresca da parte aérea e massa fresca das raízes. O experimento foi disposto em delineamento inteiramente casualizados (DIC)com quatro repetições (1 planta por vaso; 4 plantas por tratamento)e os resultados foram submetidos, à análise de regressão. As equações de regressão obtiveram resposta quadrática para todas a variáveis analisadas em função das doses aplicadas. As plantas de feijão responderam pelo aumento de massa fresca da parte aérea até a dose de 200 mL de Rhal S1<sup>®</sup> 100 Kg<sup>-1</sup> sementes, enquanto que amassa fresca das raízes respondeu até a dose de 100 mL de Rhal S1<sup>®</sup> 100 Kg<sup>-1</sup> sementes, confirmando maior demanda da parte aérea por ácidos húmicos do que as raízes.</p><p align="center"><strong><em>Humic acids to </em></strong><strong><em>obtain higher early fresh matter in ‘Pérola’ common bean plants</em></strong></p><p><strong>Abstract: </strong>It is aimed to evaluate different doses of humic acidto obtain early fresh matter of ‘Pérola’ common bean plants. Therefore, common bean seeds were treated with Rhal S1<sup>®</sup> (18% of humic acid + 1.5% of fulvic acids) at doses of 0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 mL of solution for each 100 kg seeds. Just after, the seeds were sown in 500 g capacity pots and after 14-days cultivation in greenhouse, it was measured the fresh matter of the aerial part and fresh matter of the roots. The experiment was carried out in completely randomized design (CRD) with four replicates (1 plant per pot; 4 plants per treatment) and the results of the two experiments were subjected, together, to regression analysis. The regression equations obtained quadratic response for all variables evaluated in function of the applied doses. The common bean plants respond by the increasing of fresh matter of aerial part up to 200 mL of Rhal S1<sup>®</sup> 100 Kg<sup>-1</sup> seeds, while the fresh matter ot the roots increasing up to 100 mLof Rhal S1<sup>®</sup> 100 Kg<sup>-1</sup> seeds, confirming greater demand of shoots by humic acids than the roots.</p>

scholarly journals Cover crop residue diversity enhances microbial activity and biomass with additive effects on microbial structure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Shu ◽  
Yiran Zou ◽  
Liz J. Shaw ◽  
Lindsay Todman ◽  
Mark Tibbett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Soil Respiration ◽  
Microbial Activity ◽  
Cover Crop ◽  
Crop Residue ◽  
Soil Microbial Biomass ◽  
Crop Residues ◽  
Soil Functions ◽  
Soil Microbial

AbstractCover crops have been widely used in agroecosystems to improve soil fertility and environmental sustainability. The decomposition of cover crop residues can have further effects on belowground communities and their activity, which is important for a series of soil functions (e.g., nutrient cycling and organic matter decomposition). We tested the effect of plant residues from a range of cover crop species on soil microbial activity and community assemblage. We predicted that cover crop residues would alter the soil microbial community and that a greater diversity of residues would enhance microbial decomposition. In an incubation study, we assessed the effect of crop residue diversity on microbial activity (soil respiration) and its consequent effects on microbial community composition (PLFA). We used either a biodiverse mixture of four cover crop residues (buckwheat, clover, sunflower and radish) or an equal mass of the residues of each of the individual species. The diverse mixture of cover crop residues had a significantly (P < 0.05) greater soil respiration rate, by 57.61 µg C g−1 h−1, than the average of the four individual residues, but did not have a significantly different soil microbial biomass or microbial community structure. This finding could be attributed to a greater diversity of organic resources increasing the number biochemical niches, and hence activating dormant microbial communities to increase microbial activity without affecting microbial biomass or community composition. Greater respiration from similar microbial biomasses suggests that microbial activity might be more efficient after a more diverse substrate input. This study confirms the positive impact of cover crop residues on soil microbial biomass and activity and highlights that mixtures of cover crop residues may deliver enhanced soil functions beyond the sum of individual cover crop residues.

scholarly journals Physiological and agronomic characteristics of the common bean as affected by multifunctional microorganisms

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 599-618
Author(s):  
Cássia Cristina Rezende ◽  
◽  
Laylla Luanna de Mello Frasca ◽  
Mariana Aguiar Silva ◽  
Rafael Augusto Corrêa Pires ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Yield Components ◽  
Fungal Isolate ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Bean Plants ◽  
The Common ◽  
Completely Randomized Design ◽  
Common Bean Plants

Multifunctional microorganisms (MMs) can have beneficial effects on plants through direct and indirect mechanisms. This study aimed to determine the effect of MMs on shoot and root biomass production; gas exchange; content of macronutrients in the shoots, roots and grains; yield components; and grain yield of common bean plants. A completely randomized design with twenty-six treatments and three replications was used under controlled conditions. Treatments consisted of the application of MMs and their combinations in pairs, with the nine rhizobacteria isolates BRM 32109, BRM 32110 and 1301 (Bacillus sp.), BRM 32111 and BRM 32112 (Pseudomonas sp.), BRM 32113 (Burkholderia sp.), BRM 32114 (Serratia sp.), 1381 (Azospirillum sp.) and Ab-V5 (Azospirillum brasilense); an edaphic fungal isolate T-26 (Trichoderma koningiopsis); and a control (without MMs). These MMs were applied at three time points: microbiolization of the seeds, watering the soil seven days after sowing (DAS) and spraying the plants with 21 DAS. In comparison to the control plants, the isolates 1301 and T-26, in addition to the combinations Ab-V5 + T-26, BRM 32114 + BRM 32110 and 1381 + T-26, provided better results, with an increase of 36.5% in the grain yield, a higher accumulation of biomass (78.0%) and a higher content of N, P and K (42.6, 67.8 and 25.7%, respectively) in the shoots of common bean plants. Therefore, the results allow us to infer that the use of MMs is a good strategy for increasing common bean grain yields.

scholarly journals Biological properties of disturbed and undisturbed Cerrado sensu stricto from Northeast Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. S. F. Araújo ◽  
L. B. Magalhaes ◽  
V. M. Santos ◽  
L. A. P. L. Nunes ◽  
C. T. S. Dias
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
National Park ◽  
Agricultural Practices ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Microbial Biomass C ◽  
Scaling Analysis ◽  
Northeast Brazil ◽  
Slash And Burn

Abstract The aim of this study was to measure soil microbial biomass and soil surface fauna in undisturbed and disturbed Cerrado sensu stricto (Css) from Sete Cidades National Park, Northeast Brazil. The following sites were sampled under Cerrado sensu stricto (Css) at the park: undisturbed and disturbed Css (slash-and-burn agricultural practices). Total organic and microbial biomass C were higher in undisturbed than in disturbed sites in both seasons. However, microbial biomass C was higher in the wet than in the dry season. Soil respiration did not vary among sites but was higher in the wet than in the dry season. The densities of Araneae, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera were higher in the undisturbed site, whereas the densities of Formicidae were higher in the disturbed site. Non-metric multidimensional scaling analysis separated undisturbed from disturbed sites according to soil biological properties. Disturbance by agricultural practices, such as slash-and-burn, probably resulted in the deterioration of the biological properties of soil under native Cerrado sensu stricto in the Sete Cidades National Park.

Indigenous rhizobial strains SEMIA 4108 and SEMIA 4107 for common bean inoculation: A biotechnological tool for cleaner and more sustainable agriculture

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Bruno Britto Lisboa ◽  
Thomas Müller Schmidt ◽  
Arthur Henrique Ely Thomé ◽  
Raul Antonio Sperotto ◽  
Camila Gazolla Volpiano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Common Bean ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Rhizobium Phaseoli ◽  
Productivity Losses ◽  
Bean Plants ◽  
Rrna Sequencing ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Type Strains ◽  
Common Bean Plants

Summary Inoculation of symbiotic N2-fixing rhizobacteria (rhizobia) in legumes is an alternative to reduce synthetic N fertiliser input to crops. Even though common bean benefits from the biological N2 fixation carried out by native rhizobia isolates, the low efficiency of this process highlights the importance of screening new strains for plant inoculation. Two rhizobial strains (SEMIA 4108 and SEMIA 4107) previously showed great potential to improve the growth of common beans under greenhouse conditions. Thus, this study evaluated the growth and grain yield of common bean plants inoculated with those strains in field experiments. The rhizobial identification was performed by 16S rRNA sequencing and the phylogeny showed that SEMIA 4108 and SEMIA 4107 are closely related to Rhizobium phaseoli, within a clade containing other 18 Rhizobium spp. type strains. Common bean plants inoculated with SEMIA 4107 showed similar productivity to N-fertilised (N+) plants in the first experiment (2016/17) and higher productivity in the second experiment (2018/19). The development of inoculated plants was different from that observed for N+. Nonetheless, comparing inoculated treatments with N-fertilised control, no yield or productivity losses at the end of the growing process were detected. Our results showed that inoculation of the rhizobial isolates SEMIA 4108 and SEMIA 4107 improved the growth and grain yield of common bean plants. The observed agronomical performance confirms that both strains were effective and can sustain common bean growth without nitrogen fertilisation under the edaphoclimatic conditions of this study.

scholarly journals 71 Effects of timing of supplementation during late gestation in Bos indicus-influenced beef cows on post-weaning growth, immunity, and carcass characteristics of steer progeny

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 59-59
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Palmer ◽  
Marcelo Vedovatto ◽  
Juliana Ranches ◽  
Vinicius Gouvea ◽  
Rhaiza Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bos Indicus ◽  
Carcass Characteristics ◽  
Beef Cows ◽  
Late Gestation ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Carcass Quality ◽  
Diarrhea Virus ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Distillers Grain ◽  
Dried Distillers Grain

Abstract This study evaluated the growth, immunity, and carcass characteristics of beef steers born to cows offered dried distillers grains (DDG) at different timing during late gestation. Approximately 84 d before calving (d 0), 84 mature Brangus cows were stratified by BW and BCS (422 ± 42 kg; 5.0 ± 0.14) and allocated into 1 of 6 bahiagrass pastures (14 cows/pasture). Treatments were randomly assigned to pastures: 1) no prepartum supplementation (CON); 2) 1 kg/d DDG from d 0 to 84 (LATE84); or 3) 2 kg/d from d 0 to 42 (LATE42). Calves were weaned at 261 ± 23 d of age. At weaning, 38 steers were vaccinated against bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV-1) and parainfluenza-3 (PI-3) and transported to a feedlot facility. Steers were penned according to cow prepartum pasture distribution and fed a similar diet until slaughter (d 587). Data were analyzed as complete randomized design using MIXED procedure of SAS, pasture as the experimental unit, treatment as fixed effect, and pasture(treatment) and steer(pasture) as random effects. Steer feedlot BW, ADG, DMI, and G:F did not differ (P ≥ 0.12) among treatments. Plasma haptoglobin concentrations were greater (P ≤ 0.03) for LATE42 and LATE84 vs. CON steers 2 d after feedlot entry. Plasma cortisol and seroconversion for BVDV-1 and PI-3 did not differ (P ≥ 0.15) among treatments. The percentage of carcasses grading Choice did not differ (P = 0.13), but carcasses grading low Choice were greater (P = 0.03) for CON vs. LATE42, with LATE84 being intermediate (91, 40, and 58%, respectively). Thus, prepartum dried distillers grain supplementation to B. indicus-influenced cows did not enhance feedlot growth but had subtle positive impacts on carcass quality and innate immunity in steer progeny. In addition, timing of dried distillers grain supplementation (last 84 d vs. first 42 d of late gestation) did not impact steer post-weaning feedlot performance and carcass quality.

scholarly journals PSIII-5 Effects of ingredient composition of oral drenches in small piglets post-farrowing on average daily gain and pre-wean mortality

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_3) ◽  
pp. 238-238
Author(s):  
Olivia Harrison ◽  
Samantha Tauer ◽  
Brent Frederick
Keyword(s):  
Birth Weight ◽  
Average Daily Gain ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Experimental Unit ◽  
Swine Industry ◽  
Bioactive Proteins ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Daily Gain

Abstract Number of pigs born alive has been a key factor of the increasing efficiency of the U.S. swine industry. However, with increased pigs in the uterus, birth weight has been negatively impacted, with more small or at-risk pigs being born per litter. In order to overcome these changes, a study testing three commercial oral drenches against a control to determine which would increase average daily gain and decrease preweaning mortality. In a completely randomized design, 877 one-day-old suckling pigs from a high-health farm were selected for the experiment if they appeared to be in the bottom 20% of bodyweight compared to their contemporaries. Selected pigs were given one of four drenching treatments: 1) none (control), 2) bioactive proteins (BP), 3) high energy sugars (HES), and 4) immunoglobulins (IgY). Pigs were weighed on d 1 and d 19 of age (weaning), with mortality tracked during the suckling period. Data were analyzed using SAS v 9.4 (Cary, NC), with pig as the experimental unit and an accepted alpha of 0.05. Treatment had no detected effect on birth weight, weaning weight, ADG, or mortality (P = 0.79, 0.96, 0.86, 0.38 respectively). Likewise, statistical contrasts were used to determine there was no detected impact (P &gt; 0.10) of drench, regardless of type, compared to the control in any measured response criteria. Interesting, pigs drenched with BP or IgY had numerically lower preweaning mortality (11.2 and 11.5% respectively), than those administered the control or HES (15.4 and 15.2%, respectively). In conclusion, this experiment showed no significant difference in the performance between piglets given no product vs. those drenched with bioactive proteins, high energy sugars, or immunoglobulins. However, additional research is warranted with greater replication or disease stressors to better understand if oral drenches may improve preweaning performance or mortality in different situations.

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