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Influence of buffalo manure, compost, vermicompost and biochar amendments on bacterial and viral communities in soil and adjacent aquatic systems
- Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Vermicompost and biochar amendments are management practices which may contribute to sustainable agroecosystems by reducing dependence on inorganic fertilizers. However, little is known about their impacts on soil microorganisms and their transfer and evolution in connected aquatic systems. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of organic manure (buffalo manure, compost or vermicompost) and biochar amendments on bacterial and viral properties in soil and water. A three year experiment was carried out with terrestrial mesocosms which were used to test the effect of organic matter amendment on maize growth. In the last year of the experiment, runoff and infiltration waters from the terrestrial mesocosms were transferred to aquatic mesocosms. Organic fertilization improved soil properties (higher C, N content and pH H 2 O ) and as a consequence increased soil bacterial and viral abundance. Bacterial diversity (Shannon ‘H’ and richness ‘S’ indices calculated from DGGE fingerprint) was also enhanced after the continuous application of organic amendments. Compared with compost, vermicompost reduced viral abundance and S but similar H and bacterial abundance were observed. The pH H 2 O , C content and bacterial and viral abundance increased in the aquatic mesocosms following organic fertilization. As a consequence, bacterial and viral diversity also increased in the water, although no differences were found between compost and vermicompost. Biochar increased soil bacterial abundance for the mineral fertilizer treatment but did not influence bacterial and viral abundance in water. However, the combination of biochar and vermicompost led to an increase of viruses in soil and a reduction of bacteria in water. Similarity dendrograms from the DGGE banding patterns showed that the structure of bacterial communities was mainly influenced by the fertilizer treatments in soil but by the presence of biochar in water. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the nature of the organic amendment has important consequences on both soil and water microbial abundance and diversity.
- Subjects :
- ECOSYSTEME
Amendment
Soil Science
BACTERIE
engineering.material
complex mixtures
ABONDANCE
RUISSELLEMENT
PROPRIETE CHIMIQUE
AMENDEMENT DU SOL
Biochar
ETUDE COMPARATIVE
Organic matter
COMPOST
ANALYSE STATISTIQUE
chemistry.chemical_classification
BIOCHAR
Ecology
VERMICOMPOST
Compost
fungi
MATIERE ORGANIQUE
Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Manure
MAIS
Agronomy
chemistry
INFILTRATION
EAU
ELECTROPHORESE
FERTILISATION DU SOL
engineering
VIRUS
ETUDE EXPERIMENTALE
Fertilizer
Surface runoff
Vermicompost
FUMIER
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2b84d95d0733cac25a45ca550a3fe557