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Nematode responses to biosolids incorporation in five soil types

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The impact of biosolids on soil processes in five soils under pasture was assessed. Five biosolid treatments (control, dried pellets, compost, biosolids at 200 kg N/ha, and biosolids at 800 kg N/ha) were mixed in 0- to 10-cm-deep soil in lysimeters each year. Nematodes were sampled after 2 years. Many of the nematode populations and indices showed significant soil effects. Nematode responses to the range of biosolid amendments were similar across the five soils. Few populations showed an interaction between the type of amendment and the soil. The most marked response to amendment was that of bacterial-feeding Rhabditidae, in which populations were affected by the weight of the biosolid amendment. Nematode contribution to the soil processes in these soils was not adversely affected by the application of biosolids.

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This work was funded by the New Zealand Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. Chris Mercer and a referee made constructive comments on the manuscript.

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  1. Landcare Research, Private Bag 11-052, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    G. W. Yeates

  2. Institute of Environmental Science and Research Ltd., P.O. Box 50348, Porirua, New Zealand

    T. W. Speir & A. P. Schaik

  3. Landcare Research, Private Bag 3127, Hamilton, New Zealand

    M. D. Taylor

  4. Soil, Plant and Ecological Sciences Division, Lincoln University, P.O. Box 84, Canterbury, New Zealand

    L. Clucas

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Appendix

Appendix

The 45 nematode taxa discriminated and the probability of the effects of soil, treatment, and their interaction on nematode abundance. Based on unbalanced ANOVA of loge (n+1) transformed counts per core from all 63 lysimeters. Probabilities <0.05 are in bold

Taxon

Effects from unbalanced ANOVA

 

Soil

Treatment

Soil × Treatment

Tylenchus

<0.001

0.013

0.336

Boleodorus

0.031

0.835

0.914

Cephalenchus

<0.001

0.387

0.155

Ditylenchus

0.059

0.579

0.638

Heterodera juv.

<0.001

0.014

0.013

Meloidogyne juv.

0.664

0.051

0.440

Hoplolaimidae

<0.001

0.763

0.591

Pratylenchus

0.219

0.119

0.839

Paratylenchus

0.272

0.323

0.480

Aphelenchus

0.184

0.359

0.593

Aphelenchoides

0.008

0.111

0.100

Diplogaster

0.532

0.454

0.394

Panagrolaimus

0.012

0.116

0.263

Rhabditidae

0.360

<0.001

0.531

Cephalobus

0.097

0.375

0.528

Heterocephalobus

<0.001

0.027

0.602

Acrobeles

<0.001

0.700

0.453

Cervidellus

0.517

0.628

0.589

Teratocephalus

0.532

0.251

0.524

Plectus

0.016

0.329

0.784

Anaplectus

0.016

0.167

0.027

Prismatolaimus

<0.001

0.254

0.220

Wilsonema

0.532

0.454

0.394

Monhystera

0.038

0.528

0.968

Geomonhystera

0.278

0.555

0.134

Chromadoridae

(microbial feeding)

0.002

0.508

0.796

Rhabdolaimus

0.405

0.773

0.388

Enoplidae

0.093

0.769

0.808

Dorylaimus

0.053

0.007

0.579

Mesodorylaimus

0.382

0.361

0.729

Eudorylaimus 1

0.266

0.843

0.625

Eudorylaimus 2

0.020

0.885

0.836

Labronema

0.010

0.644

0.019

Pungentus

<0.001

0.088

0.171

Aporcelaimus

<0.001

0.351

0.858

Longidorus

<0.001

<0.001

<0.001

Sectonema

0.065

0.543

0.159

Dorylaimellus

0.277

0.173

0.755

Tylencholaimus

0.306

0.540

0.524

Doryllium

0.004

0.239

0.254

Mononchidae 1

<0.001

0.099

0.006

Mononchidae 2

0.532

0.251

0.524

Alaimidae

0.080

0.729

0.981

Trichodoridae

<0.001

0.969

0.999

Diphtherophora

0.014

0.608

0.765

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Yeates, G.W., Speir, T.W., Taylor, M.D. et al. Nematode responses to biosolids incorporation in five soil types. Biol Fertil Soils 42, 550–555 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00374-005-0050-9

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