Lumbricus terrestris abundance is not enhanced after three years of compost amendments on a reduced tillage wheat cultivation conversion

Jacqueline L. Stroud; Daisy Irons; Chris W. Watts; Andrew P. Whitmore

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.10.007

Lumbricus terrestris abundance is not enhanced after three years of compost amendments on a reduced tillage wheat cultivation conversion

Jacqueline L. Stroud^*
, Daisy Irons
, Chris W. Watts
, Andrew P. Whitmore

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study compared the abundance of Lumbricus terrestris middens under wheat cultivations treated with 3.5tCha^-1 compost (n=15) or farmyard manure (n=15) amendments. The abundance of L. terrestris middens was significantly (p<0.01) greater on the farmyard manure amended plots than the compost or control plots, with a ca. 38% higher midden abundance. These data suggest that compost is a not a good alternative to farmyard manure to improve L. terrestris populations when converting from conventional (plough) to reduced tillage (stubble cultivated) regimes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	282-284
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied Soil Ecology
Volume	98
Early online date	27 Oct 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2015.10.007
Publication status	Print publication - 1 Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Farmyard manure
Lumbricus terrestris
Midden
Minimum tillage

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Lumbricus terrestris abundance is not enhanced after three years of compost amendments on a reduced tillage wheat cultivation conversion

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