Short-term effects of organic waste amendments on soil biota: responses of soil food web under eggplant cultivation

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Short-term effects of organic waste amendments on soil biota: responses of soil food web under eggplant cultivation

Jinu Eo ^A , Kee-Choon Park ^A and Byung-Bae Park ^B ^C

^A Department of Herbal Crop Research, Rural Development Administration, 80 Bisanri, Eumseong, Chungbuk 369-873, Republic of Korea.
^B Division of Forest Ecology, Korea Forest Research Institute, Seoul 130-172, Republic of Korea.
^C Corresponding author. Email: bbpark@forest.go.kr

Soil Research 50(5) 436-441 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR12013
Submitted: 19 January 2012 Accepted: 18 April 2012 Published: 20 July 2012





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Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of reusable organic wastes on soil organisms, with a focus on changes in the soil food web. Bone meal, de-oiled cake, and oyster shell were applied at 5 t ha^–1, and the abundance and biomass of soil organisms were measured at 4, 8, and 13 weeks after treatment in soil under eggplant cultivation. The abundance of microflora and fauna was higher in the soils treated with bone meal or de-oiled cake than in untreated soils, suggesting that soil organisms are affected by the quality of applied organic wastes. Increases in the abundance of bacterivorous nematodes were observed under treatment with bone meal or de-oiled cake, but there was little change in the abundance of predatory nematodes. A positive response of microarthropods in the Collembola and Oribatida was apparent, and these organisms are involved as secondary consumers in the soil food web, but the predaceous Gamasida were relatively unaffected. The abundance of protozoa, microbivorous nematodes, Collembola, and Oribatida was correlated with the abundance of bacteria and fungi, indicating that both bacteria- and fungi-based food webs formed. The abundance of the secondary consumers was not significantly correlated with that of the predators. The study suggested that, in the short-term, organic waste alters the primary and secondary consumers but its effect may not extend to predators.

Additional keywords: Collembola, decomposition, nematode, phospholipid fatty acid, Oribatida, recycling.

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