The effect of hay mulching on soil temperature and the abundance and diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods in potato fields

Title:

The effect of hay mulching on soil temperature and the abundance and diversity of soil-dwelling arthropods in potato fields

Creator:

Dudás, Péter, Menyhárt, László, Gedeon, Csongor, Aambrus, Gergely, and Tóth, Ferenc

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:5c7ba841-7d5f-4781-baa3-dfcedf74244f
uuid:5c7ba841-7d5f-4781-baa3-dfcedf74244f
issn:1210-5759
doi:10.14411/eje.2016.059

Subject:

Zoologie, brambory, teplota půdy, potatoes, soil temperature, potato field, soil-dwelling arthropods, hay mulch, soil sampler, soil pin trap, 2, and 59

Type:

article, články, journal articles, model:article, and TEXT

Format:

print, počítač, and online zdroj

Description:

The average soil temperature was significantly lower in plots covered with hay. Hay mulching, however, did not increase significantly the total number of soil micro-arthropods collected using a soil pin trap and a soil sampler. Significant increases in the number of individuals was recorded only for certain groups. 64% of all the arthropods collected using soil pin traps were collected in hay-covered plots and 36% in control plots. This increase was statistically significant for the orders Entomobryomorpha and Poduromorpha of the subclass Collembola and surface-dwelling (epigeic) Coleoptera. For the samples collected using the soil sampler, 57% of the specimens were collected from hay-covered plots and 43% from control plots. As for the pin traps this was reflected in differences in the numbers of the orders Entomobrhyomorpha and Poduromorpha of the subclass Collembola and Pauropoda, collected in the treated and control plots. We conclude that mulching affected the different arthropod groups differently., Péter Dudás, László Menyhárt, Csongor Gedeon, Gergely Aambrus, Ferenc Tóth., and Obsahuje bibliografii

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2016 Volume:113

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