Response of soil mites to organic cultivation in an ultisol in southeast Brazil

Badejo, M. A.; Aquino, Adriana Maria de; De-Polli, Helvécio; Correia, Maria Elizabeth Fernandes

doi:10.1007/s10493-004-0201-y

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“…This finding agrees with Badejo and Akinyemiju (1993) and Aktar et al (2009) who reported that application of pesticide led to the reduction of micro-arthropods population in soil. It is also consistent with Badejo et al (2004) who proved that herbicide Atrazine greatly reduced acarid species richness, abundance, and diversity in soil.…”

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Impact of Gausho and Tiliton pesticides on some soil mites population in cotton fields

Farid

Amer

Hamada

2022

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology

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The present study was conducted to evaluate the environmental hazards of insecticides used as seed dressing by Gausho and leaf spraying by Tiliton on abundance and diversity of mites inhabiting soil in which they are useful in nutrient cycling in soil. Soil samples were collected monthly from cotton field during the vegetation period (April-September). Gausho caused a complete mortal effect on soil mite individuals over one month after the insecticide application. The mortal effect is suggested due to the fast leaching of insecticide into the soil by dipping technique method. Soil mites' population was maximum in June. Foliar spraying of Tiliton reduced the population density of soil mites compared with the control till the end of vegetative period. A reduction of 57.65% of soil mites was caused due to insecticides usage. Mortality may relate to the incidence dropping off some pesticides droplets into the soil during spraying method. Gausho reduced the species diversity (H'≤ 3) of oribatid mites 60 days after seed soaking, while exhibited a very low diversity (H'≤ 1) for prostigmatid, mesostigmatid, and astigmatid mites. Thus, the insecticide application in conventional fields had a significant effect on non-target beneficial arthropods and therefore reduced biological aspects in soil ecosystem that considered an indicator of soil quality and ensures its sustainability.

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Impact of Gausho and Tiliton pesticides on some soil mites population in cotton fields

Farid

Amer

Hamada

2022

Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology

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“…Bettiol et al 2002;Van Leeuwen et al 2015) and more soil microarthropods were found in organically managed farming systems than in conventional ones. Oribatida reacted positively to organic management, together with Uropodina (Badejo et al 2004). However, in apple orchards that were permanent crop, there was no significant difference in density of oribatid mites between the organic and conventional management (Doles et al 2001).…”

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Oribatid mites of conventional and organic vineyards in the Valencian Community, Spain

Seniczak

García-Parra

et al. 2018

Acarologia

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In this study the oribatid mite communities of conventional and organic vineyards in theValencian Community (Spain) were compared. The soil samples were collected in El Poble Nou de Benitatxell in autumn 2014 and spring 2015 from four sites, treated as replicates, each including a conventional vineyard, an organic vineyard, and a control (natural habitat, i.e. in plots 1-3 an abandoned vineyard, in plot 4 an area never used in agriculture). Two parallel samples were collected in each vineyard from a zone between vine rows, driven by a tractor (Tr), a zone between vines (Vi), the border of the vineyard (Bo) and from a control, making a total of 112 samples. In total 3,225 oribatid mites were obtained represented by 59 species. No differences were found in density of Oribatida between the conventional, organic vineyards and the control, but the species diversity was higher in the control than in the vineyards. In the vineyards the density and species number of the oribatid mites were highest between vines (the average from all vineyards and both seasons was 4,400 individuals per 1 m2, 15 species), followed by the border of the vineyards (2,800 individuals per 1 m2, 14 species) and were lowest between vine rows (400 individuals per 1 m2, 6 species). The species diversity of Oribatida was higher in autumn than in spring, while the density followed this pattern only in the vineyards, but not in the control. In the vineyards Oribatula excavata dominated (D = 25), followed by Minunthozetes quadriareatus and Passalozetes africanus (D = 18 and 14, respectively), while in the control these species were not abundant. In the control the most abundant species was Oppiella subpectinata (D = 28), followed by Eremulus flagellifer (D = 20). Podoribates longipes and Steganacarus boulfekhari are reported for the first time in Spain. To conclude, the oribatid mites did not benefit from the organic cultivation of the vineyards, probably because they are tolerant to herbicides used in the conventional systems but sensitive to mechanical cultivation of soil, which was even more intense in organic vineyards than in the conventional ones.

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“…Due to their morpho-ecological features they can live in forest floor litter, on the soil surface, in various soil horizons. Active nutrition of oribatids in floor litter and soil horizons with dead plant tissues provides soil enrichment with organic compounds and products of decomposition, influencing the soil's water-air properties and connected with successional changes in ecosystem (Badejo, 2004;Bird et al, 2004). Oribatid mites are one of few groups of soil saprophages which have the ability to consume coniferous litter (Striganova, 1980;Sylvain & Buddle, 2010).…”

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Morpho-ecological structure of oribatid mite (Acariformes, Oribatida) communities in the forest litter of recultivated areas

Kulbachko¹,

Дідур²,

Хромых³

et al. 2019

Biosys. divers.

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The study of morpho-ecological organization of oribatid mite communities (Acariformes, Oribatida) inhabiting forest litter of recultivated areas in steppe zone conditions of Ukraine was performed. The role of the forest and forest floor litter in optimization of the ecological situation on degraded lands was demonstrated. The function of environment creation by oribatids, as primary destructors of dead plant matter, supporting such ecosystem services as soil fertility improvement and nutrients turnover was highlighted. The research was performed within different stratigraphic types of bulk edaphotops in the recultivated plot of “Pavlogradskaya” colliery (Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine) planted with red juniper (Juniperus virginiana L.). Withdrawal and collection of mites was performed with thermoeclector. For determination of the domination structure in the mite communities, the Engelmann scale was used. Adaptive (morpho-ecological) groups of oribatid mites were diagnosed by Krivolutsky. It was established that the number of species of oribatid mites in the forest litter of the studied red juniper plantation varied from 16 to 25. Average density of oribatid mites varied from 4,720 to 25,327 ind./m2. Among such morpho-ecological groups as soil surface inhabitants, small soil pore inhabitants, deep soil forms, floor litter inhabitants and unspecified forms, identified in the coniferous litter, the share of unspecified forms increased from loess-like loam type (21% of total amount) to Calcic Chernozem types with different stratigraphy (41.0%, 70.0% and 70.4% accordingly). Deep soil forms in the forest floor litter of the studied red juniper plots were not identified for any of recultivation types. The obtained results expand our understanding of the role of oribatid mites in the processes of ecological rehabilitation of disturbed ecosystems in the conditions of modern nature management.

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Response of soil mites to organic cultivation in an ultisol in southeast Brazil

Cited by 11 publications

References 19 publications

Impact of Gausho and Tiliton pesticides on some soil mites population in cotton fields

Impact of Gausho and Tiliton pesticides on some soil mites population in cotton fields

Oribatid mites of conventional and organic vineyards in the Valencian Community, Spain

Morpho-ecological structure of oribatid mite (Acariformes, Oribatida) communities in the forest litter of recultivated areas

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