The soil provides a great variety of microhabitats for myriad organisms of different size,
physiological activity, behavior and ecosystem function. Besides abundance of participating …

Soil microplots were amended with organic materials of varying nature and complexity but
providing similar amounts of carbon. Materials were either placed on the soil surface or …

Nematode faunal response to the long-term (20-year) application of nitrogen fertilizer and
organic manure was monitored in a Hapli-Udic Cambosol of Northeast China, where no …

We tested the hypotheses that management of the soil food web in the fall would enhance
grazing on bacteria and fungi by microbivorous nematodes in the spring, consequently …

Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is one of the most popular solanaceous vegetable crops
cultivated mainly in the tropical and subtropical parts of the world. Eggplant production is …

Food security has become one of the greatest challenges of the millennium and it is
predicted to be exacerbated by climate change due to the adverse effects of soil temperature …

A critique of the soil health framework is that biological indicators currently lag behind
chemical and physical indicators of soil health. Incorporating nematode communities into the …

Nematodes as environmental indicators: The role of nematodes in ecosystems. Page 1 ©CAB
International 2009. Nematodes as Environmental Indicators (eds MJ Wilson and T. Kakouli-Duarte) …

Comparisons of organic and inorganic fertilizer effects on nematode communities depend
on the specific organic fertilizer used. Field experiments were conducted during 2001 and …

Nematode trophic groups and functional guilds were monitored after long-term fertilization
regimes in a vegetable greenhouse, where no fertilizer, organic manure, two different levels …