Effects of Monoculture, Crop Rotation, and Soil Moisture Content on Selected Soil Physicochemical and Microbial Parameters in Wheat Fields
Joint Authors
Hardy, M.
Botha, A.
Booyse, M.
Marais, A.
Source
Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-10-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Earth Science , Water and Environment
Abstract EN
Different plants are known to have different soil microbial communities associated with them.
Agricultural management practices such as fertiliser and pesticide addition, crop rotation, and grazing animals can lead to different microbial communities in the associated agricultural soils.
Soil dilution plates, most-probable-number (MPN), community level physiological profiling (CLPP), and buried slide technique as well as some measured soil physicochemical parameters were used to determine changes during the growing season in the ecosystem profile in wheat fields subjected to wheat monoculture or wheat in annual rotation with medic/clover pasture.
Statistical analyses showed that soil moisture had an over-riding effect on seasonal fluctuations in soil physicochemical and microbial populations.
While within season soil microbial activity could be differentiated between wheat fields under rotational and monoculture management, these differences were not significant.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Marais, A.& Hardy, M.& Booyse, M.& Botha, A.. 2012. Effects of Monoculture, Crop Rotation, and Soil Moisture Content on Selected Soil Physicochemical and Microbial Parameters in Wheat Fields. Applied and Environmental Soil Science،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Marais, A.…[et al.]. Effects of Monoculture, Crop Rotation, and Soil Moisture Content on Selected Soil Physicochemical and Microbial Parameters in Wheat Fields. Applied and Environmental Soil Science No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Marais, A.& Hardy, M.& Booyse, M.& Botha, A.. Effects of Monoculture, Crop Rotation, and Soil Moisture Content on Selected Soil Physicochemical and Microbial Parameters in Wheat Fields. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-483555