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Soil Biology and Crop Production – Viewpoint of a
Microbiologist Dr. Mike Lehman U.S. Dept. of Agriculture -Agricultural Research Service Brookings, South Dakota
USDA-NRCS Science 322:49
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We live, as we have always lived, in the “age of bacteria”
Steven Jay Gould (1996)
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A Teaspoon of Soil
Contains Over 1 Billion Bacteria
Contains Thousands of Bacterial “Species”
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Microbes: The Unseen Majority Whitman (1998)
• Fungi: millions • Algae: 10,000 - 3 million • Protozoa: up to 1 million • Nematodes: dozens
In addition to the 1 billion bacteria in one gram of soil:
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Microbes are THE Ecosystem Service Providers
Relationships…
Decomposition Nutrient Cycling
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2013
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Cover Crop Essentials
Free Energy, Carbon, Nitrogen
Better infiltration More storage Less water erosion
Less wind erosion
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Who Likes Black Dirt? Only if you don’t
like food and cover
There’s way more food over here
More friends,
too
And, more hiding spots
We’re dying over here
It’s too hot!
It’s too dry!
And I forgot my shades &
sunscreen
Not much food
And the plow took out my
fungal friends
My neighbors were washed & blown
away!
No comment
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The Power of Plant Exudates
10 – 40% of total photosynthate (fixed carbon) is exuded from plant roots into the soil
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ECTOS
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)
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• More volume • Small pores • Increased surface area
Nutrient Uptake Drought Resistance
Pest Resistance Pathogen Resistance
Enzymes Chelators
pH
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Plus AMF No AMF
Sorghum at 22 days
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Farming Rough on AMF Tillage
Seasonal Fallow Annual Fallow Monocropping, simple
rotations Inorganic fertilizer
application Fungicide application Soil Compaction
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AMF
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Soi
l 2009 2010 2011
AMF Soil Propagules: Brookings, SD (Fall 2009 - 2011)
Soybean - Small Grains/CC - Corn
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF), Ideal, SD, Nov 2010
cover crops: cow pea-winter pea-millet-turnip-radish
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Fungal Hyphae
Root
Fungal spores, hyphae, and glomalin
Photo credit: Sara Wright
AMF reduce erosion
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Soil Aggregation
Soil Structure
Water Infiltration & Storage
AMF Increase Water Storage
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Inter-seeded Cover Crop Mixture
• Brookings, SD • Spring 2014 • 4 Blocks • Corn-Soybean • Cover/No Cover • Till/No-Till
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CO2 Burst Test
• Dried soil is moistened • CO2 burst proportional to:
• Microbial biomass • Potential carbon min. • Mineralizable N
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AIR WATER
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Reinforce by Repetition