Research Article | Published: 01 March 1998

Soil moisture dynamics in conserving nutrients through mite - microbe interaction in forest plantations

Dinesh Dogra and K. L. Jain

Indian Journal of Forestry | Volume: 21 | Issue: 1 | Page No. 23-26 | 1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1998-797P70 | Cite this article

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the pattern of natural changes in soil contents in a forest floor on mite abundance and the available nutrients. Analysis of topsoil in two forest plantations- Eucalyptus and Acacia showed highest mite density in the month of November (1424 m-2). It manifested lowest mite population in June, followed by substantial increase in their number with the increasing soil-moisture conditions in July-August. These conditions further exerted a significant increase in available nitrogen and phosphorus contents in these soils. Propagation of mites under different soil-moisture conditions involving Eucalyptus/Acacia litter-soil compose for about 45 days, further indicated a positively significant effect of increased soil moisture levels on both density of mite and the activity of nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Among the oribatids in general cryptostigmata mites were dominant in number over the prostigmata and mesostigmata mites.

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Dogra, D. and Jain, K.L., 1998. Soil moisture dynamics in conserving nutrients through mite - microbe interaction in forest plantations. Indian Journal of Forestry, 21(1), pp.23-26. https://doi.org/10.54207/bsmps1000-1998-797P70

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