期刊
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
卷 264, 期 -, 页码 1-8出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2018.05.008
关键词
Agroecology; Sustainability; Microbial abundance; Metabolic efficiency
资金
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientfficas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Argentina
- Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria (INTA) [PNSUELO 1134043, CIAC 940140, REDAE 1136021]
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientfficas y Tecnicas (CONICET) [PIP NQ 11220150100061CO]
- Secretaria de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (SECyT-UNC)
World population growth has led to a rise in resource demands imposed on agricultural systems, generating an increased global use of natural resources. However, agroecology proposes self-regulation in order to achieve a sustainable agricultural balance. Therefore, considering the rapid responses of microbial communities to small changes in soil use, the objective of this study was to assess the response of soil microbial communities to agroecological vs. conventional systems of extensive agriculture. Soil sampling was carried out in 2016 and 2017 with three different treatments using the sequence soybean/maize (Gb,cine max L./Zen mays L.) as the main crop: Agroecological (AE), conventional with cover crops (CC) and conventional without cover crops (control). Species used as cover crops were wheat (Triticum aestivum), vetch (Vicia saliva L.), oat (Avena sativa L.) and radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Agroecological treatment showed the lowest total nitrogen (0.18 mg N g(-1)) and organic carbon (1.99 mg C g(-1)) content of soil, and CC treatment showed the highest value of fluorescein diacetate hydrolysis, with values 63.20/0 and 12.1% higher than AE and the control, respectively. However, AE treatment also produced the highest F:B ratio (44.8) and the lowest metabolic quotient (1.14), which indicates an improvement in metabolic efficiency and soil quality. No significant differences were recorded in the abundance of fungal and bacterial communities between treatments. Our results suggest that agroecological management is characterised by fungal dominance in soil microbial communities and a higher microbial metabolic efficiency compared to conventional management. These results demonstrate more efficient use of carbon substrates in agroecological systems, which could counteract the negative effect of the lack of synthetic fertilisation and reduced-tillage in the long term. The findings demonstrate that sustainable agricultural tools with adequate management can be effectively used to preserve soil quality.
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