Manioc peel and charcoal: A potential organic amendment for sustainable soil fertility in the tropics

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-21

  Topoliantz, Stéphanie ^a   Ponge, Jean François ^a   Ballof, Sylvain ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Office National des Forêts   (French Guiana)

Author keywords

Earthworm density; Legume; Organic farming; Slash and burn cultivation; Soil nutrient content

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FRENCH GUIANA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MANIHOT ESCULENTA; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM); PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; VIGNA; VIGNA UNGUICULATA SUBSP. SESQUIPEDALIS;

EID: 11944250240     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-004-0804-9     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. AFNOR (1999) Qualité des sols. AFNOR, Paris
2. AFNOR (2001) Qualité de l'eau. AFNOR, Paris
3. Anderson JM, Ingram J (1993) Tropical soil biology and fertility. A handbook of methods, 2nd edn. CAB, Oxford
4. Baize D (2000) Guide des analyses en pédologie, 2nd edn. INRA, Paris
5. Barois I, Verdier B, Kaiser P, Mariotti A, Rangel P, Lavelle P (1987) Influence of the tropical earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae) on the fixation and mineralization of nitrogen. In: Bonvicini Pagliai AM, Omodeo P (eds) On earthworms, vol 2. Mucchi, Modena, pp 151-158
6. Beare MH, Vikram Reddy M, Tian G, Srivastava SC (1997) Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of decomposer biota. Appl Soil Ecol 6:87-108
7. Brady NC (1996) Alternatives to slash-and-burn agriculture: a global imperative. Agric Ecosyst Environ 58:3-11
8. Brady NC, Weil RR (1999) The nature and properties of soils. Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River
9. Brown GG (1995) How do earthworms affect microflora and faunal community diversity? In: Collins HP, Robertson GP, Klug MJ (eds) The significance and regulation of soil biodiversity. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 247-269
10. Carcaillet C, Thinon M (1996) Pedoanthracological contribution to the study of the evolution of the upper treeline in the Maurienne Valley (North French Alps): methodology and preliminary data. Rev Palaeobot Palynol 91:399-416
11. Chan ML, Jones JM, Pourkashanian M, Williams A (1999) Oxidative reactivity of coal chars in relation to their structure. Fuel 78:1539-1552
12. Edmonds RL (1987) Decomposition rates and nutrient dynamics in small-diameter woody litter in four forest ecosystems in Washington, U.S.A. Can J For Res 17:499-509
13. FAO (1985) Tropical forestry action plan. FAO, Rome
14. Foy CD (1974) Effects of aluminium on plant growth. In: Carson EW (ed) The plant root and its environment. Virginia University Press, Charlottesville, pp 601-642
15. Fragoso C (1985) Ecologia general de las lombrices terrestres (Oligochaeta: Annelida) de la region Boca del Chajul, Selva Lancandona, Estado de Chapias. Doctorate thesis, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
16. Glantz SA (1997) Primer of biostatistics, 4th edn. McGraw-Hill, New York
17. Glaser B, Haumaier L, Guggenberger G, Zech W (2001) The 'Terra Preta' phenomenon: a model for sustainable agriculture in the humid tropics. Naturwissenschaften 88:37-41
18. Glaser B, Lehmann J, Zech W, (2002) Ameliorating physical and chemical properties of highly weathered soils in the tropics with charcoal: a review. Biol Fertil Soils 35:219-230
19. Guillaumet JL (1996) Les plantes alimentaires des forêts humides intertropicales et leur domestication: exemples africains et américains. In: Hladik CM, Hladik A, Pagezy H, Linares OF, Koppert GJA, Froment A (eds) L'alimentation en forêt tropicale: intéractions bioculturelles et perspectives de développement. UNESCO, Paris, pp 121-130
20. Holl WH, Horst J (1997) Description of sorption equilibria for ions onto activated carbon using the surface complexation theory. Water Sci Technol 35:287-294
21. Kishimoto S, Sugiura G (1985) Charcoal as soil conditioner. Int Achieve Future 5:12-23
22. Lavelle P (1997) Faunal activities and soil processes: adaptive strategies that determine ecosystem function. Adv Ecol Res 27:93-132
23. Lavelle P, Barois I, Cruz I, Fragoso C, Hernandez A, Pineda A, Rangel P (1987) Adaptive strategies of Pontoscolex corethrurus (Glossoscolecidae, Oligochaeta), a peregrine geophagous earthworm of the humid tropics. Biol Fertil Soils 5:188-194
24. Lavelle P, Barois I, Martin A, Zaidi Z, Schaefer R (1989) Management of earthworm populations in agro-ecosystems: a possible way to maintain soil quality? In: Clarholm M, Bergström L (eds) Ecology of arable land. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 109-122
25. Mba CC (1983) Utilization of Eudrilus eugeniae for disposal of cassava peel. In: Satchell JE (eds) Earthworm ecology, from Darwin to vermiculture. Chapman and Hall, London, pp 315-321
26. Mba CC (1996) Treated cassava peel vermicomposts enhanced earthworm activities and cowpea growth in field plots. Resour Conserv Recycl 17:219-226
27. Myers RJK, De Pauw E (1995) Strategies for management of soil acidity. In: Date RA, Grundon NJ, Rayment GE, Probert ME (eds) Plant-soil interactions at low pH: principles and management. Kluwer, Dordrecht, pp 729-741
28. Nair VD, Prenzel J (1978) Calculations of equilibrium concentration of mono- and polynuclear hydroxyaluminium species at different pH and total aluminium concentrations. Z Pflanzenernahr Bodenkd 141:741-751
29. Pietikäinen J, Kiikkilä O, Fritze H (2000) Charcoal as habitat for microbes and its effect on the microbial community of the underlying humus. Oikos 89:231-242
30. Salisbury FB, Ross CW (1985) Plant physiology, 3rd edn. Wadsworth, Belmont
31. Seiler W, Crutzen PJ (1980) Estimates of gross and net fluxes of carbon between the biosphere and the atmosphere from biomass burning. Clim Change 2:207-247
32. Senapati BK, Lavelle P, Giri S, Pashanasi B, Alegre J, Decaëns T, Jimenez JJ, Albrecht A, Blanchart E, Mahieux M, Rousseaux L, Thomas R, Panigrahi PK, Venkatachalam M (1999) In-soil earthworm technologies for tropical agroecosystems. In: Lavelle P, Brussaard L, Hendrix P (eds) Earthworm management in tropical agroecosystems. CAB, London, pp 199-237
33. Skjemstad JO, Clarke P, Taylor JA, Oades JM, Mc Clure SG (1996) The chemistry and nature of protected carbon in soil. Aust J Soil Res 34:251-271
34. Sparovek G (1998) Influence of organic matter and soil fauna on crop productivity and soil restoration after simulated erosion. Adv Geoecol 31:431-434
35. Swift MJ (1977) The roles of fungi and animals in the immobilisation and release of nutrient elements from decomposing branch-wood. In: Lohm U, Persson T (eds) Soil organisms as components of ecosystems. Ecol Bull 25:193-202
36. Taiz L, Zeiger E (1998) Plant physiology, 2nd edn. Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
37. Tan KH (1982) Principles of soil chemistry. Dekker, New York
38. Tian G, Brussaard L, Kang BT (1993) Biological effects of plant residues with contrasting chemical compositions under humid tropical conditions: effects on soil fauna. Soil Biol Biochem 25:731-737
39. Tian G, Kang BT, Brussaard L (1997) Effect of mulch quality on earthworm activity and nutrient supply in the humid tropics. Soil Biol Biochem 29:369-373
40. Titoff A (1910) Die Adsorption von Gasen durch Kohle. Z Phys Chem Stöchiom Verwandtschlehre 74:641-678
41. Topoliantz S, Ponge JF (2003) Burrowing activity of the geophagous earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) in the presence of charcoal. Appl Soil Ecol 23:267-271
42. Topoliantz S, Ponge JF, Arrouays D, Ballof S, Lavelle P (2002) Effect of organic manure and the endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus (Oligochaeta: Glossoscolecidae) on soil fertility and bean production. Biol Fertil Soils 36:313-319
43. Tryon EH (1948) Effect of charcoal on certain physical, chemical and biological properties of forest soils. Ecol Monogr 18:81-115
44. Voundi Nkana JC, Demeyer A, Verloo MG (1998) Availability of nutrients in wood ash amended tropical acid soils. Environ Technol 19:1213-1221
45. Wardle DA, Zackrisson O, Nilsson MC (1998) The charcoal effect in boreal forests: mechanisms and ecological consequences. Oecologia 115:419-426
46. Zackrisson O, Nilsson MC, Wardle DA (1996) Key ecological function of charcoal from wildfire in the Boreal forest. Oikos 77:10-19