Soil Fauna Provides Ecosystem Services: Degradation of Deoxynivalenol by Collembolans and Nematodes | Bodenfauna als Ökologischer Dienstleister – Collembolen und Nematoden fördern den Abbau von Deoxynivalenol in Fusarium-infiziertem Weizenstroh
2013
Wolfarth, Friederike | Schrader, Stefan | Oldenburg, Elisabeth
A minicontainer-study under laboratory conditions was conducted with the following fungivorous members of soil fauna: Aphelenchoides saprophilus, Nematoda and Folsomia candida, Collembola. The objective was to investigate, if the introduced soil fauna is able to reduce the concentration of Fusarium-biomass and the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) in wheat straw. Furthermore, the study aimed wether the degradation efficiency is affected by different soil texture (sandy loam, silt loam, clay loam). Therefore, minicontainer were filled with soil and wheat straw. Soil fauna was introduced in different combination into the minicontainer (single collembolan, single nematode, faunal interaction and a non-faunal treatment). The minicontainer were divided into 2 sets: one set received artificially Fusarium-infected and DON-contaminated wheat straw, the second set received non-infected straw. After 2 and 4 weeks, soil and straw were sampled for analysing Fusarium-biomass and DON content by using ELISA-technique. After 4 weeks Fusarium-biomass was reduced notably and DON-concentration was degraded significantly throughout all treatments. The highest reduction of DON-concentration was found in the faunal interaction treatment. The DON-concentration in the sandy- and silt loam treatments were reduced more efficiently compared to the clay loam treatment. We conclude that nematodes and collembolans contribute to the degradation of Fusarium-biomass and the mycotoxin DON in wheat straw as ecosystem services.
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