BIOMASS AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN SOILS UNDER DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS IN THE SÃO FRANCISCO VALLEY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32404/rean.v13i1.9361

Keywords:

Bioindicators , Soil management , Soil microbiology

Abstract

The inadequate management of the soil can intensify the degradation and change the soil structure, providing a significant increase in gas emission, affecting mainly the dynamics of CO2emission, besides favoring the increase of the mineralization rate of the soil organic matter and reduction of microorganisms that act as biological indicators. In this context, the objective of this work was to evaluate the changes on soil biomass and microbial activity, due to the implementation of viticulture, mangiculture and forage crops in areas of the Caatinga Biome. The experiment was carried out in Petrolina-PE. Soil samples were collected at 0-5 and 5-10 cm depth, in areas cultivated with grapevine (in different phenological stages), mango, elephant grass and caatinga. The following were analyzed; pH, P, K+, Na+, Ca++, Mg++,total organic carbon (TOC), bulk density, particle density, total porosity, microbial biomass carbon (MBC), basal respiration and metabolic quotient. The soil chemical and biological properties are affected by the removal of natural vegetation. The managed areas presented high CO2emissions per unit of soil microbial biomass (SMB), favoring high carbon losses. The phenological phase of the vine in which the leaf mass is reduced, influenced the SMB.

Author Biographies

Kathianne Rodrigues de Souza, Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano

Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano, Câmpus Petrolina, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brasil.

Graciene de Souza Silva, Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano

Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano, Câmpus Petrolina, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brasil.

Cícero Antônio de Sousa Araújo, Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano

Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano, Câmpus Petrolina, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brasil.

Fabio Freire de Oliveira, Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano

Instituto Federal do Sertão Pernambucano, Câmpus Petrolina, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brasil.

Sammy Sidney Rocha Matias, Universidade Estadual do Piauí

Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Corrente, Piauí, Brasil.

Gilberto Saraiva Tavares Filho, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil.

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2026-02-06

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Rodrigues de Souza, K., de Souza Silva, G., de Sousa Araújo, C. A., Freire de Oliveira, F., Rocha Matias, S. S., & Saraiva Tavares Filho, G. (2026). BIOMASS AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN SOILS UNDER DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS IN THE SÃO FRANCISCO VALLEY. REVISTA DE AGRICULTURA NEOTROPICAL, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.32404/rean.v13i1.9361