Soil Microarthropods and Soil Health: Intersection of Decomposition and Pest Suppression in Agroecosystems

Neher, Deborah A.; Barbercheck, Mary E.

doi:10.3390/insects10120414

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“…Mites (Acari) constitute the most abundant group of arthropods in soil throughout the world and can reach up to 100,000 individuals per m 2 [168]. Because soil mites respond relatively quickly to land-use changes, these are considered as important indicators of soil quality and health [169,170]. Few studies have investigated the impact of monoculture cropping on soil mites, whereas legumes crops may favor certain groups of mites [171] due to greater N availability.…”

Section: Soil Mites and Other Organismsmentioning

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Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

et al. 2020

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The continuous cropping (CC) of major agricultural, horticultural, and industrial crops is an established practice worldwide, though it has significant soil health-related concerns. However, a combined review of the effects of CC on soil health indicators, in particular omics ones, remains missing. The CC may negatively impact multiple biotic and abiotic indicators of soil health, fertility, and crop yield. It could potentially alter the soil biotic indicators, which include but are not limited to the composition, abundance, diversity, and functioning of soil micro- and macro-organisms, microbial networks, enzyme activities, and soil food web interactions. Moreover, it could also alter various soil abiotic (physicochemical) properties. For instance, it could increase the accumulation of toxic metabolites, salts, and acids, reduce soil aggregation and alter the composition of soil aggregate-size classes, decrease mineralization, soil organic matter, active carbon, and nutrient contents. All these alterations could accelerate soil degradation. Meanwhile, there is still a great need to develop quantitative ranges in soil health indicators to mechanistically predict the impact of CC on soil health and crop yield gaps. Following ecological principles, we strongly highlight the significance of inter-, mixture-, and rotation-cropping with cover crops to sustain soil health and agricultural production.

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Section: Soil Mites and Other Organismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

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“…Environmental drivers (temperature, moisture, soil texture and structure, aggregate stability, porosity, salinity, pH and soil organic matter) and land management are closely related to assemblages of microarthropods communities [19]. They contribute to soil and plant health through their intersecting roles in decomposition and nutrient cycling and the direct and indirect suppression of plant pests [20]. Several approaches and multivariate methods have been recently developed to detect the changes in the microarthropod community structure and to exploit its actual bioindication power [21].…”

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Effect of Long-Term Soil Management Practices on Tree Growth, Yield and Soil Biodiversity in a High-Density Olive Agro-Ecosystem

Simoni

Caruso

Vignozzi³

et al. 2021

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Edaphic arthropod communities provide valuable information about the prevailing status of soil quality to improve the functionality and long-term sustainability of soil management. The study aimed at evaluating the effect of plant and grass cover on the functional biodiversity and soil characteristics in a mature olive orchard (Olea europaea L.) managed for ten years by two conservation soil managements: natural grass cover (NC) and conservation tillage (CT). The trees under CT grew and yielded more than those under NC during the period of increasing yields (years 4–7) but not when they reached full production. Soil management did not affect the tree root density. Collecting samples underneath the canopy (UC) and in the inter-row space (IR), the edaphic environment was characterized by soil structure, hydrological properties, the concentration and storage of soil organic carbon pools and the distribution of microarthropod communities. The soil organic carbon pools (total and humified) were negatively affected by minimum tillage in IR, but not UC, without a loss in fruit and oil yield. The assemblages of microarthropods benefited, firstly, from the grass cover, secondly, from the canopy effect, and thirdly, from a soil structure ensuring a high air capacity and water storage. Feeding functional groups—hemiedaphic macrosaprophages, polyphages and predators—resulted in selecting the ecotonal microenvironment between the surface and edaphic habitat.

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“…As the soil environment becomes more competitive, rates of crop infection commonly decrease because pathogenic microbes must increasingly compete for resources and overcome interactions with antagonistic and interfering non-pathogenic microbes (Abawi and Widmer, 2000;de Faria et al, 2021). Additionally, biological pest control generally increases with improved soil health due to appreciable predator-prey interactions among invertebrates (Neher and Barbercheck, 2019;Alyokhin et al, 2020). This increase in biological control can result in direct economic benefits for farmers.…”

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Soil Health: New Opportunities to Innovate in Crop Protection Research and Development

Atwood

Racette

Diggelmann

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Soil health-based agricultural management practices are widely promoted to reduce erosion, increase nutrient use efficiency, improve soil structure, and sustain or increase yields. Pest and disease management are less frequently considered as components of a soil health management system. We present a framework for how the crop protection industry can advance soil health by developing systems of crop protection innovation that simultaneously target soil health outcomes, either through direct impact on soil or by enabling practices that promote soil health outcomes. Such an approach could lead to cross-sectoral, integrated agricultural solutions that achieve agronomic, environmental, and economic goals.

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Soil Microarthropods and Soil Health: Intersection of Decomposition and Pest Suppression in Agroecosystems

Cited by 54 publications

References 127 publications

Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

Continuous Cropping Alters Multiple Biotic and Abiotic Indicators of Soil Health

Effect of Long-Term Soil Management Practices on Tree Growth, Yield and Soil Biodiversity in a High-Density Olive Agro-Ecosystem

Soil Health: New Opportunities to Innovate in Crop Protection Research and Development

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