The potential of termite mound spreading for soil fertility management under low input subsistence agriculture
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41210%2F21%3A88338" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41210/21:88338 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/10/1002" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/11/10/1002</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11101002" target="_blank" >10.3390/agriculture11101002</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The potential of termite mound spreading for soil fertility management under low input subsistence agriculture
Original language description
Termites can play a localized prominent role in soil nutrient availability and cycling because mound materials are often enriched in nutrients relative to surrounding soil. Mound abundance and mass were estimated at 9 and 4 mounds/ha, representing 38,9 and 6,3 t/ha on Nitisols and Vertisols, respectively. Soil physical and chemical properties were measured on samples collected from internal and external parts of mounds and adjacent soils at 0,5, 1 and 10 m away from mounds. In general, termite mounds were enriched in plant nutrients and SOC on Vertisols but not on Nitisols. Hence, under the studied condition, we suggest spatial arrangement of crop around termite mounds according to soil fertility gradient and spatially differentiated nutrient management strategies. Our result suggests recommendation of termite mound spreading for soil nutrient amendment has to consider plant nutrient stock in termite mounds on per ha basis besides their nutrient enrichment.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
40101 - Agriculture
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Agriculture-BASEL
ISSN
2077-0472
e-ISSN
2077-0472
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
1-16
UT code for WoS article
000714667300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85118996678