Abstract
Soil biodisinfection process is based on the biodegradation of incorporated organic amendments to the soil. Soil microorganisms are directly responsible for this decomposition, so the soil biodisinfection process stimulates the soil microbial population activity. These microbial populations increase also produces increased levels of exoenzymes in the soil. We used plant by-products from strawberry crop as biofumigant in different application rates (10, 20 and 40 g of biofumigant kg−1 of agricultural soil). Microbial changes during the soil biodisinfection process were tested from two approaches, microbial catabolic abilities (Biolog® Eco) and microbial counts. We made counts of aerobic, anaerobic, Pseudomonas sp. and aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) degrading populations during the soil biodisinfection process (at 0, 7 and 20 d). The highest metabolic activity of soil microorganisms was found under 10 g kg−1 of soil treatment. Anaerobic microbial population increased significantly (7 × 106 CFU g−1 of agricultural soil) in the 40 g biofumigant kg−1 assay. Counts were decreased when the application rates were reduced, but these counts were higher than control assay values. Aerobic, Pseudomonas sp. and ACC degrading microbial populations had not significant changes by the addition of organic matter amendments. These data indicate that the activity of anaerobic microbial growth was stimulated by soil biodisinfection process. The soil biodisinfection technique is a viable and compatible method with other techniques for integrated crop management, as well as for biological control and plant growth stimulation in primary production.
Juan Ignacio Reguera—Deceased in November 2010.
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Sacristán, G., Reguera, J.I., López-Robles, J., de Aymerich, B. (2011). Soil Microbial Population Changes in Soil Biodisinfection Process. In: Trasar-Cepeda, C., Hernández, T., García, C., Rad, C., González-Carcedo, S. (eds) Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21162-1_25
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