Composted Chicken Manure for Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation Increased the Strawberry Yield and Shifted the Soil Microbial Communities

Zhaoxin Song, Sebastien Massart, Dongdong Yan, Hongyan Cheng, Mathilde Eck, Chadi Berhal, Canbin Ouyang, Yuan Li, Qiuxia Wang and Aocheng Cao
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Zhaoxin Song: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Sebastien Massart: Integrated and Urban Phytopathology Laboratory, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Passage des Deportes 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Dongdong Yan: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Hongyan Cheng: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Mathilde Eck: Integrated and Urban Phytopathology Laboratory, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Passage des Deportes 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Chadi Berhal: Integrated and Urban Phytopathology Laboratory, University of Liege, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, Passage des Deportes 2, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
Canbin Ouyang: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Yuan Li: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Qiuxia Wang: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China
Aocheng Cao: Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 16, 1-15

Abstract: Anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), as a bio-fumigation technology, has been developed to control soil-borne pests. There is increasing evidence showing that carbon sources and cover tarps play an important role in the ASD suppression of soil-borne pests, but little is known about the effect of composted chicken manure (CCM) and totally impermeable films (TIF) against soil-borne pests in the strawberry production system. In experiments, the colonies of Fusarium spp. and Phytophthora spp., which are recognized to cause strawberry soil-borne diseases, decreased significantly after ASD. The soil promoted a significant increase in ammonium nitrogen, nitrate-nitrogen and organic matter, but a decrease in oxidation-reduction potential after ASD. Besides, the strawberry plant height, stem thickness and yield were significantly higher than in the non-amended soil. Compared to the untreated control, ASD, both at 6 and 12 ton/ha of CCM, significantly ( p = 0.05) increased strawberry marketable yield and income. The economic benefit could be due to the suppression of soil-borne diseases and the improvement of soil nutrition. The soil bacterial and fungal diversity and richness increased after soil fumigation. The increased presence of biological control agents led to the suppression of soil-borne pathogens. In summary, ASD with CCM amendments could be applied in pre-plant fumigation to control strawberry soil-borne pests, strengthen soil fertility, improve crop yield and increase growers’ income.

Keywords: anaerobic soil disinfestation; soil physical and chemical indicators; strawberry yield; soil microbiota (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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