Relationships among bulk soil physicochemical, biochemical, and microbiological parameters in an organic alfalfa-rice rotation system

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Ana R. Lopes (Author) FEUP; Diana Bello (Author) Other; Ángeles Prieto-Fernández (Author) Other; Carmen Trasar-Cepeda (Author) Other; Célia M. Manaia (Author) Other; Olga C. Nunes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Vol. 22 No. 9

Pages: 11690-11699

ISSN: 0944-1344

Publisher: Springer Nature

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 9 Citations

Scopus - 11 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Earth and related Environmental sciences

Associated Projects

UI0511 - PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - UI 511 - 2013-2014

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-3F4

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4410-1

Abstract (EN): The microbial communities of bulk soil of rice paddy fields under an ancient organic agriculture regimen, consisting on an alfalfa-rice rotation system, were characterized. The drained soil of two adjacent paddies at different stages of the rotation was compared before rice seeding and after harvesting. The relationships among the soil microbial, physicochemical, and biochemical parameters were investigated using multivariate analyses. In the first year of rice cropping, aerobic cultivable heterotrophic populations correlated with lineages of presumably aerobic bacteria (e.g., Sphingobacteriales, Sphingomonadales). In the second year of rice cropping, the total C content correlated with presumable anaerobic bacteria (e.g., Anaerolineae). Independently of the year of rice cropping, before rice seeding, proteolytic activity correlated positively with the cultivable aerobic heterotrophic and ammonifier populations, the soil catabolic profile and with presumable aerobes (e.g., Sphingobacteriales, Rhizobiales) and anaerobes (e.g., Bacteroidales, Anaerolineae). After harvesting, strongest correlations were observed between cultivable diazotrophic populations and bacterial groups described as comprising N-2 fixing members (e.g., Chloroflexi-Ellin6529, Betaproteobacteria, Alphaproteobacteria). It was demonstrated that chemical parameters and microbial functions were correlated with variations on the total bacterial community composition and structure occurring during rice cropping. A better understanding of these correlations and of their implications on soil productivity may be valid contributors for sustainable agriculture practices, based on ancient processes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 10