Impact of Organic and Conventional Systems of Coffee Farming on Soil Properties and Culturable Microbial Diversity
Table 3
Organic and conventional method of coffee farming on selected soil micro and macrofauna population.
Management systems
Macrofauna population (nos./sq.m at 0–30 cm soil depth)
Oribatid mites (Eulohmannia)
Oribatid mites (Pelops)
Proturans
Japygids
Thrips
Symphylans
Pauropods
Rove beetles
Springtails
Pseudoscorpions
Millipedes
Centipedes
Scarabaeid beetle larvae/grub
Total population
Organic
17.6
20.3
6.2
2.2
14.0
7.5
3.5
2.5
25.8
3.0
2.3
1.7
6.5
113
Conventional
8.8
11.2
4.0
2.3
6.5
2.8
5.0
2.2
16.0
10.5
3.7
2.7
1.8
77.5
SEm
1.6
1.6
0.7
0.3
1.2
0.9
0.4
0.3
2.4
1.2
0.4
0.3
0.8
17.7
CD (0.05)
6.13
2.33
NS
NS
2.71
3.73
1.1
NS
9.18
2.63
NS
NS
2.16
13.2
CD (0.01)
NS
3.66
NS
NS
4.26
NS
NS
NS
NS
4.13
NS
NS
3.4
20.7
All the values are mean of 5 replications. SEm: standard error of mean; CD: critical difference; NS: nonsignificant. Superscript letters indicate statistical significance following Tukey multiple comparison tests.
