Impacts of some upland rice-based cropping systems on soil macrofauna abundance and diversity and black beetle damage to rice
| Autor: | Emile Rafamatanantsoa, Richard Randriamanantsoa, Henri-Pierre Aberlenc, Tahina Ernest Rajaonera, Alain Ratnadass, Philippe Letourmy |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
Rotation culturale F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Upland rice 01 natural sciences agriculture alternative Soil management Heteronychus arator Région d'altitude Cropping system Traitement des semences Lutte antiravageur Ravageur des plantes 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Tillage Horticulture Rendement des cultures Agroécosystème Biodiversité Soil biology Oryza sativa Biology Faune du sol Heteronychus Conventional tillage Expérimentation au champ ved/biology Crop yield P34 - Biologie du sol H10 - Ravageurs des plantes Agronomy 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Système de culture Agronomy and Crop Science 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Crop Protection |
| ISSN: | 0261-2194 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cropro.2017.06.023 |
| Popis: | Black beetles (BB: Heteronychus spp.: Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) are serious constraints to upland rice production in the Madagascar central highlands. From 2002 to 2007 we compared the effects of two soil management and two fertilization modalities in an upland rice-based cropping system on soil macrofauna abundance, diversity and BB damage to rice crops and yield. This cropping system involved a 2-year rotation of upland rice the first year, followed by common bean the second year, with oat as a relay crop under both conventional tillage (CT) and no-tillage soil management (NT), each under both organic (OF) and mineral fertilization (MF). All four modalities (CT-OF; CT-MF; NT-OF and NT-MF) were managed under two plant protection levels (seed dressing with imidacloprid + thiram vs no seed dressing). Herbivorous/detritivorous beetles were the most abundant soil biota, respectively representing more than two-thirds and half of all macrofauna at the outset of the experiment and 4 years later, with the BB Heteronychus arator rugifrons (Fairmaire) being the dominant pest species (herbivore). The Shannon diversity index was reduced significantly between the beginning and the end of the experiment 4 years later, while it was only marginally affected by soil management, fertilization and seed dressing regimes at both sampling dates. Throughout the study period, seed dressing resulted in a significant reduction in BB damage, and in a significantly higher rice grain yield as compared to control. NT management did not enable seed dressing discontinuation based on grain yield and BB damage level after 3 and 4 years of this practice, respectively. In this respect, CT-MF management ranked best in the absence of seed dressing. The reasons for the poor performance of NT management in the studied cropping system as compared to the same strategy used in other systems reported in earlier studies are discussed. (Resume d'auteur) |
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