Microbiology and energy assessment of cultivation of sod-podzolic sand soil under the action of peat and loam

  • Eugene E. Gaevskii Belarusian State University, 4 Nezaliežnasci, Minsk 220030, Belarus
  • Yaroslav K. Kulikov Belarusian State University, 4 Nezaliežnasci, Minsk 220030, Belarus

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the study on the microflora of sod-podzolic sandy soil in the process of cultivation under the influence of peat and loam. Solving the problem of the effective use of sod-podzolic sandy soils and increasing their fertility is an important task of agricultural soil science and agroecology. The cultivation of sod-podzolic sandy soil under the action of peat and loam soil increases the content of organic matter from 1.4 to 4.1 % and optimizes the structural organization of the microbial complex, which is reflected in an increase in the species diversity of the bacterial flora from 19.4 to 30.6 %. Moreover, in the conditions of cultivated sandy soil, qualitatively new microbial cenoses are formed the species composition of which differs by more than 50 % from the bacterial complexes of uncultivated soil.

Author Biographies

Eugene E. Gaevskii, Belarusian State University, 4 Nezaliežnasci, Minsk 220030, Belarus

senior lecturer at the department of general ecology and methods of biology teachning, faculty of biology

Yaroslav K. Kulikov, Belarusian State University, 4 Nezaliežnasci, Minsk 220030, Belarus

doctor of science (biological), docent; professor at the department of general ecology and methods of biology teachning, faculty of biology

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Published
2020-04-21
Keywords: sandy soil, cultivation, microbial communities, species composition, energy efficiency, productivity
How to Cite
Gaevskii, E. E., & Kulikov, Y. K. (2020). Microbiology and energy assessment of cultivation of sod-podzolic sand soil under the action of peat and loam. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology, 4, 100-107. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/ecology/article/view/3021
Section
Industrial and Agricultural Ecology