Cultivation ofOpuntia ficus-indicaunder different soil management practices: A possible sustainable agricultural system to promote soil carbon sequestration and increase soil microbial biomass and activity
| Autor: | Raúl Zornoza, Verónica Martínez-Gallegos, Angélica Bautista-Cruz, Fernando de León-González, Tania Leyva-Pablo, Luis Manuel Rodríguez-Sánchez, Mariela H. Fuentes-Ponce |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Agroecosystem
Agroforestry Soil organic matter food and beverages Soil Science 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Mineralization (soil science) Soil carbon 010501 environmental sciences Development Carbon sequestration 01 natural sciences Soil management Agronomy 040103 agronomy & agriculture Land degradation 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental Chemistry Environmental science Land use land-use change and forestry sense organs 0105 earth and related environmental sciences General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Land Degradation & Development. 29:38-46 |
| ISSN: | 1085-3278 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/ldr.2834 |
| Popis: | Monitoring of soil organic carbon (SOC) content, SOC pools, and enzymes involved in SOC degradation and mineralization is needed to elucidate the impact of conversion from forest to agriculture on SOC and properties, and how which crop system and management practices can contribute to C sequestration, thus climate change mitigation. This study compared the impact of forest conversion to maize (Zea mays L.) and cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.) fields with different farming management on SOC content and pools (recalcitrant, labile, and extractable), soil microbial biomass carbon, and enzyme activities involved in the soil C cycle. For this purpose, a site under strong land use changes in Central Mexico with high demographic density was selected. Forest conversion to maize fields decreased the original SOC and the C recalcitrance index (RI). However, land use change from forest to cactus systems maintained SOC content, C RI, and arylesterase activity near the values observed in the original forest. Cactus systems promoted higher soil extractable organic carbon content, related to increases in microbial biomass and β-glucosidase activity. Additionally, cactus cultivation can maintain SOC and a C RI at a similar level to the forest soil, which contributes to sustainability of the agroecosystem and climate change mitigation. Therefore, it could comprise a promising viable option for sustainable crop production systems under temperate-subhumid conditions, in turn promoting socioeconomic development and rural growth. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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