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 Agriculture/Ecology
Cheeke
Coleman

Microbial Ecology in
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Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems

Sustainable Agroecosystems
While soil ecologists continue to be on the forefront of research on biodiversity and
ecosystem function, there are few interdisciplinary studies that incorporate ecological
knowledge into sustainable land management practices. Conventional, high fossil-
fuel input-based agricultural systems can reduce soil biodiversity, alter soil community
structure and nutrient cycling, and lead to greater dependence on energy-intensive
practices.

Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems brings together soil ecologists,

microbial ecologists, and agroecologists working globally to demonstrate how research
in soil ecology can contribute to the long-term sustainability of agricultural systems. The
book identifies five key areas of research that can be combined to support and direct
sustainable land management practices: agriculture, biodiversity, ecosystem services,
integrated soil ecology research, and policy.

Topics include:

• A broad range of soil microbial processes in terms of the importance of microbial

heterogeneity
• Inputs by soil microorganisms into wheat-farming systems
• The importance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in making nutrients more available
to crops
• The benefits and environmental problems associated with the use of crops
genetically modified with Bacillus thuringiensis
• The incorporation of soil ecological or microbial ecological theory into agricultural
practice to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability
• Challenges in sustainable agricultural research and the need for coalescing new
avenues of research in agriculture and soil ecology

The contributors range from long-time ecological researchers to graduate students and
early career scientists, representing a wide spectrum of experience, ages, diversity,
and research interests in this area. They cover the diversity and complexity of microbial
activity and interactions in soil systems and the many ways in which microorganisms may
be manipulated and managed to improve the functions of crop rhizospheres and thereby
maximize crop yields and overall productivity. These recommendations can be used to
direct and influence agricultural and environmental policy and guide future research in
sustainable agricultural systems management.

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Microbial
Ecology in
Sustainable
Agroecosystems
Advances in Agroecology
Series Editor: Clive A. Edwards

Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate, Paul C.D. Newton, R. Andrew Carran,

Grant R. Edwards, and Pascal A. Niklaus
Agroecosystem Sustainability: Developing Practical Strategies, Stephen R. Gliessman
Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Louise E. Buck, James P. Lassoie,
and Erick C.M. Fernandes
Biodiversity in Agroecosystems, Wanda Williams Collins and Calvin O. Qualset
The Conversion to Sustainable Agriculture: Principles, Processes, and Practices,
Stephen R. Gliessman and Martha Rosemeyer
Global Economic and Environmental Aspects of Biofuels, David Pimentel
Integrated Assessment of Health and Sustainability of Agroecosystems, Thomas Gitau,
Margaret W. Gitau, and David Waltner-Toews
Interactions between Agroecosystems and Rural Communities, Cornelia Flora
Land Use Intensification: Effects on Agriculture, Biodiversity, and Ecological Processes,
David Lindenmayer, Andrew Young, Saul Cunningham, and Linda Broadhurst
Landscape Ecology in Agroecosystems Management, Lech Ryszkowski
Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agroecosystems, Tanya E. Cheeke, David C. Coleman,
and Diana H. Wall
Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Agroecosystems, Mario Giampietro
Soil Ecology in Sustainable Agricultural Systems, Lijbert Brussaard and Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato
Soil Organic Matter in Sustainable Agriculture, Fred Magdoff and Ray R. Weil
Soil Tillage in Agroecosystems, Adel El Titi
Structure and Function in Agroecosystem Design and Management, Masae Shiyomi
and Hiroshi Koizumi
Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies, Noureddine Benkeblia
Sustainable Agroecosystem Management: Integrating Ecology, Economics and Society,
Patrick J. Bohlen and Gar House
Tropical Agroecosystems, John H. Vandermeer

Advisory Board
Editor-in-Chief
Clive A. Edwards, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Editorial Board
Miguel Altieri, University of California, Berkeley, California
Patrick J. Bohlen, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
Lijbert Brussaard, Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
David Coleman, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
D.A. Crossley, Jr., University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Adel El-Titi, Stuttgart, Germany
Charles A. Francis, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Stephen R. Gliessman, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
Thurman Grove, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
Maurizio Paoletti, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
David Pimentel, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
Masae Shiyomi, Ibaraki University, Mito, Japan
Sir Colin R.W. Spedding, Berkshire, England
Moham K. Wali, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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David C. Coleman
Diana H. Wall
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Cover Photo Credits

Center Photo
Intercropping on a small farm on San Juan Island, WA, USA. Photo credit: C. A. Miles,
Washington State University

Top Row, Left to Right

1. Lumbricus terrestris. Photo credit: Tami S. Ransom, Environmental Studies, Fulton
School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University
2. Oribatid mite SEM. Photo Credit: Sue M. Lindsay, Australian Museum, Sydney,
Australia

Center Row, Left to Right

1. Mycophagous amoeba SEM. Photo credit: V. Gupta, CSIRO Adelaide, South Australia
2. A collembolan collected in Durham, New Hampshire, USA. Photo Credit: Amanda
B. Daly, Graduate Student, University of New Hampshire, Department of Natural
Resources and the Environment
3. Agrobacterium tumefaciens SEM. Photo Credit: Jing Xu, Doctoral Student with Clay
Fuqua, Department of Biology, Indiana University Bloomington

Bottom Row, Left to Right

1. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in corn roots. Photo credit: Tanya E. Cheeke, Portland
State University
2. Acrobeles complexus SEM—bacterial feeding nematode. Photo credit: M. Mundo, K.
Bozhilov, and J. Baldwin, University of California, Riverside

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Contents
Foreword..........................................................................................................................................ix
Preface...............................................................................................................................................xi
Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................... xiii
About the Editors...........................................................................................................................xv
Contributors................................................................................................................................. xvii

Chapter 1 Soil ecology and agroecosystem studies: A dynamic and diverse world......1
David C. Coleman, Vadakattu V.S.R. Gupta, and John C. Moore

Chapter 2 Manipulation of beneficial microorganisms in crop rhizospheres..............23

Richard P. Dick

Chapter 3 The influence of heterogeneity on soil microbial processes in

agroecosystems: Theory, evidence, and opportunities...................................49
Terry D. Loecke

Chapter 4 Soil food webs in agricultural ecosystems........................................................63

John C. Moore and Peter C. de Ruiter

Chapter 5 Community composition of soil organisms under different wheat-

farming systems......................................................................................................89
Klaus Birkhofer, T. Martijn Bezemer, Katarina Hedlund, and Heikki Setälä

Chapter 6 The biological basis for nitrogen management in agroecosystems...........113

A. Stuart Grandy, Cynthia Kallenbach, Terry D. Loecke, Sieglinde S. Snapp,
and Richard G. Smith

Chapter 7 The contribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to the success

or failure of agricultural practices.....................................................................133
David D. Douds Jr. and Rita Seidel

Chapter 8 Effects of the cultivation of genetically modified Bt crops

on nontarget soil organisms...............................................................................153
Tanya E. Cheeke

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viii Contents

Chapter 9 Maize legume relay intercrops in Malawi: Meeting short- and long-
term sustainability goals.....................................................................................229
Carol Shennan and Dorothy Sirrine

Chapter 10 Making soil biodiversity matter for agriculture: Ecosystem services

and challenges.......................................................................................................267
Diana H. Wall
Index.............................................................................................................................................. 283
Foreword
This is the 18th volume to be published in the series, Advances in Agroecology. Books in this
series have addressed a broad range of topics related to the role of agroecological inputs into
sustainable agroecosystems and their effects on crop yields and productivity. Soil microbial
ecology is a critical component in the maintenance of biological inputs into sustainable crop
production, in minimization of the use of synthetic inorganic fertilizers and pesticides, and
in transforming and recycling organic matter.
The chapters in this book are based on a 2009 Ecological Society of America symposium,
“How Can Microbial Ecology Contribute to the Sustainability of Agricultural Systems.” The
presentations were so good that it was decided to turn them into a book. The lead authors
of chapters include a number of well-established soil ecologists who have made major con-
tributions to understanding the functioning of soil systems. These key contributors are sup-
ported by inputs from university faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students
who contribute as chapter authors and coauthors.
The topics covered include overviews of the diversity and complexity of microbial
activity and interactions in soil systems and the many ways in which microorganisms may
be manipulated and managed to improve the functions of crop rhizospheres and thereby
maximize crop yields and overall productivity. A broad range of soil microbial processes is
reviewed in terms of the importance of microbial heterogeneity and how microorganisms
may be manipulated to increase crop productivity and yields.
The emphasis throughout the book is on interdisciplinary and innovative research
designed to increase microbiological inputs into crop production. Interactions between soil-
inhabiting invertebrates and microorganisms in functional food webs are reviewed to assess
how they may be managed to maintain nutrient supplies and overall crop productivity. A major
emphasis is on how the availability of nitrogen, and other nutrients, may be increased through
the manipulation of organic matter inputs and the encouragement of microbial activity.
The broad range of critical soil microbiological topics that are covered in the book includes
inputs by soil microorganisms into wheat-farming systems; the importance of arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi in making nutrients more available to crops; and benefits and environ-
mental problems associated with the use of crops that have been genetically modified with
Bacillus thuringiensis. The overall theme on the role of microorganismal biodiversity in agri-
cultural soils is brought together in discussions on soil fertility, erosion minimization, disease
management, and the maximization of nutrient utilization uptake. These have together been
termed “ecosystem services” by some scientists. The book should appeal to a broad range of
soil scientists as a key reference source on soil microbiological inputs to agroecosystems.

Clive A. Edwards
Editor in Chief
Advances in Agroecology

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Preface
Tanya E. Cheeke, David C. Coleman, and Diana H. Wall

While soil ecologists continue to be on the forefront of research on biodiversity and ecosys-
tem function, there are few interdisciplinary studies that incorporate ecological knowledge
into sustainable land management practices. Conventional, high-fossil-fuel, input-based
agricultural systems can reduce soil biodiversity, alter soil community structure and nutri-
ent cycling, and lead to greater dependence on energy-intensive practices. These practices
can lead to habitat destruction, greenhouse gas production, and damage to soil ecosys-
tems. This book brings together soil ecologists, microbial ecologists, and agroecologists
working globally to demonstrate how research in soil ecology can contribute to the long-
term sustainability of agricultural systems.
Many of the benefits of sustainable agricultural systems—stable yields, minimized
external inputs, and reduced fossil fuel usage—rely on soil ecological theory and are key
to sustaining soils worldwide. Current challenges in sustainable agricultural research
could help to drive new questions in the blossoming field of soil microbial ecology. To
improve linkages among soil ecologists, microbial ecologists, and agroecologists, for this
volume we invited scientists whose research overlaps the subdisciplines of soil ecology,
microbial ecology, and agroecology. Several of the chapters focus on incorporating soil
ecological or microbial ecological theory into agricultural practice to improve agricultural
productivity and sustainability. Other chapters consider challenges in sustainable agri-
cultural research and the need for coalescing new avenues of research in agriculture and
soil ecology. A concluding chapter addresses how to sustain soil diversity and ecosystem
services in agriculture.
These chapters were prepared by many of the contributing panelists from a sympo-
sium at the 2009 Ecological Society of America annual meeting, “How Can Soil Microbial
Ecology Contribute to the Sustainability of Agricultural Systems?” that was held in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. The authors range from long-time ecological researchers to
graduate students and early-career scientists, representing a wide spectrum of experi-
ence, ages, diversity, and research interests in this area. The authors have identified five
key areas of research that can be combined to support and direct sustainable land man-
agement practices: agriculture, biodiversity, ecosystem services, integrated soil ecology

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xii Preface

research, and policy. These recommendations can be used to direct and influence agri-
cultural and environmental policy and guide future research in sustainable agricultural
systems management.
We hope this book will generate synergy among soil ecologists, microbial ecologists,
and agroecologists and inspire new and innovative lines of research.
Acknowledgments
We thank the many friends, coauthors, and colleagues who made the symposium and book
possible. For sponsorship of the symposium at the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
meetings in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in August 2009, we are grateful to the following:
W. J. Landesman (symposium coorganizer); ESA Soil Ecology Section (Nancy Johnson,
president); ESA Microbial Ecology Section (Brendan Bohannan); and ESA Agroecology
Section (Dan Pavuk, secretary).
Each chapter was reviewed by two or three external reviewers. Their comments and
suggestions were helpful to the authors of the chapters and thus were vital to the suc-
cess of this volume. We express our deep appreciation to Dr. Suellen Melzer-Drinnen at
Colorado State University for her help with the final preparation for the book.
Research and the ideas developed by several of the authors were supported, in part,
by research grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Science to Achieve Results Fellowship program, and the National
Science Foundation. In the interest of saving space, we are omitting mention of individual
grant numbers.
Last and not least, we appreciate the support of Dr. Clive Edwards and CRC Press for
providing encouragement for this book project.

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About the Editors
Tanya E. Cheeke is a PhD candidate and an Environmental Protection Agency Science
to Achieve Results (EPA STAR) Fellow in the Department of Biology at Portland State
University (PSU) and a visiting scholar at Indiana University. Her dissertation research
examines symbiotic plant-fungal relationships in transgenic Bt maize and assesses the
effects of the cultivation of Bt crops on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycor-
rhizal fungi in the soil ecosystem. Tanya received her bachelor of science in sustainable
agriculture/environmental science from the Evergreen State College. At PSU, she has
served as the graduate student representative for the Promotion and Tenure Committee
and the Faculty Hiring Committee and was elected by her colleagues to serve as secre-
tary/treasurer (2007–2008), president (2008–2010), and faculty liaison (2010–2011) of the
PSU Biology Graduate Student Association. In 2009, she organized an Ecological Society
of America symposium “How Can Soil Microbial Ecology Contribute to the Sustainability
of Agricultural Systems?” and was an organizer for the 2010 Evolution annual meeting
in Portland, Oregon. In 2011, she served on the Student Advisory Panel for the EPA STAR
Conference and was an organizer and moderator for the Recruitment and Retention of
Underrepresented Students session in Washington, DC. In 2009, she was awarded the
PSU President’s Award for Outstanding University Service for her mentoring and leader-
ship services and was awarded Best Student Oral Presentation at the 2009 ESA annual
meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has given numerous talks at scientific confer-
ences and has received multiple grants and awards for her research and outreach activi-
ties. After earning her PhD, she hopes to become a university professor in the biological
sciences. Her research interests include soil ecology, agroecology, climate change, and
biotech risk assessment.

David C. Coleman has been a lifelong soil ecologist with interests in soil biodiversity and
biogeochemical cycling. He conducted research at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
of the University of Georgia (1965–1971) and the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory,
Colorado State University (1972–1985), and from 1985 has been at the University of Georgia
in the Institute of Ecology and later the Odum School of Ecology. He served as distin-
guished research professor of ecology from 1985 onward and has been a professor emeri-
tus since 2005.
David received the Distinguished Service award from the Soil Ecology Society in 1999
and the Distinguished Ecosystem Scientist award from the Natural Resource Ecology
Laboratory in 2000. He served as co-chief editor of Soil Biology and Biochemistry from 1998
to 2010 and serves on the editorial boards of several other soil biology journals. He has pub-
lished over 285 refereed journal articles and books and is senior author of Fundamentals of
Soil Ecology (second edition, 2004) and the author of Big Ecology: The Emergence of Ecosystem
Science (2010).

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xvi About the Editors

He received his master’s and PhD degrees from the University of Oregon and spent a
postdoctoral year with Professor Amyan Macfadyen at the University of Wales, Swansea,
United Kingdom.

A soil ecologist and environmental scientist, Diana H. Wall is university distinguished

professor and director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado
State University. Diana is actively engaged in research exploring how nematode and other
invertebrate diversity contribute to healthy, productive soils and thus to society and the
consequences of human activities on soil globally. Her more than 20 years of research
in the Antarctic Dry Valleys follows the response of soil organisms and ecosystem pro-
cesses to environmental change: In Africa, she examines biodiversity in fertile and
degraded soils. For her research contributions, Wall Valley, Antarctica, was designated
(2005), and a new soil mite species was named (2009). She was designated as the 2010
Tansley Lecturer by the British Ecological Society. Diana holds an honorary doctorate from
Utrecht University and is a fellow of the Aldo Leopold Leadership Program, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Society of Nematologists. She served
as president of the Ecological Society of America, the American Institute of Biological
Sciences, the Intersociety Consortium for Plant Protection, the Association of Ecosystem
Research Centers, and the Society of Nematologists; and chair, Council of Scientific Society
Presidents. Diana received her BA and PhD from the University of Kentucky, Lexington,
and is a professor of biology and a senior scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology
Laboratory at Colorado State University.
Contributors
T. Martijn Bezemer Vadakattu V.S.R. Gupta
Netherlands Institute of Ecology CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Division
Wageningen, The Netherlands Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia

Klaus Birkhofer Katarina Hedlund

Department of Biology Department of Biology
Lund University Lund University
Lund, Sweden Lund, Sweden
Tanya E. Cheeke Cynthia Kallenbach
Department of Biology Department of Natural Resources and
Portland State University Environment
Portland, Oregon University of New Hampshire
Durham, New Hampshire
David C. Coleman
Odum School of Ecology
Terry D. Loecke
University of Georgia
School of Natural Resources
Athens, Georgia
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Peter C. de Ruiter Lincoln, Nebraska
Biometris Institute
John C. Moore
Department of Land Dynamics
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory
Wageningen University
Colorado State University
Wageningen, The Netherlands
Fort Collins, Colorado
Richard P. Dick
School of Environment and Natural Resources Rita Seidel
The Ohio State University The Rodale Institute
Columbus, Ohio Kutztown, Pennsylvania

David D. Douds Jr. Heikki Setälä

USDA-ARS Eastern Regional Research Center Department of Environmental Sciences
Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania University of Helsinki
Lahti, Finland
A. Stuart Grandy
Department of Natural Resources and Carol Shennan
Environment Department of Environmental Studies
University of New Hampshire University of California, Santa Cruz
Durham, New Hampshire Santa Cruz, California

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xviii Contributors

Dorothy Sirrine Sieglinde S. Snapp

Department of Environmental Studies Department of Crop and Soil Sciences and
University of California, Santa Cruz W. K. Kellogg Biological Station
Santa Cruz, California Michigan State University
Utopia Foundation East Lansing, Michigan
Traverse City, Michigan
Diana H. Wall
Richard G. Smith School of Global Environmental
Department of Natural Resources and Sustainability and
Environment Department of Biology
University of New Hampshire Colorado State University
Durham, New Hampshire Fort Collins, Colorado
chapter 1

Soil ecology and agroecosystem studies

A dynamic and diverse world

David C. Coleman
University of Georgia

Vadakattu V.S.R. Gupta

CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences Division

John C. Moore
Colorado State University

Contents
1.1 Introduction.............................................................................................................................1
1.2 Studies of organic matter dynamics....................................................................................3
1.2.1 The origins of organic material................................................................................4
1.2.2 The importance of litter quality and nutrients.......................................................6
1.2.3 The importance of aggregate formation in soils....................................................7
1.2.4 The roles of soil microbes and invertebrates..........................................................7
1.3 An integrative framework.....................................................................................................8
1.4 High-priority topics on detrital dynamics of concern to land managers..................... 11
1.4.1 Biodiversity in agricultural and agroforestry systems....................................... 11
1.4.2 Changes in land use and impacts on detrital food webs.................................... 15
1.5 Conclusions............................................................................................................................ 15
References........................................................................................................................................ 16

1.1 Introduction
Soil organic matter (SOM) is a complex of many organic molecules of varied forms, repre-
senting one of the more important components of detritus in terrestrial ecosystems. The
maintenance and rehabilitation of SOM are considered to be desirable goals in agroeco-
systems (Coleman et al., 1984, 1994; Bossuyt et al., 2002). SOM maintains soil structural
stability and enhances water-holding capacity, soil fertility, and crop production, ensuring
long-term agricultural ecosystem stability (Hassink et al., 1997; Denef et al., 2004). For these
reasons, the impacts of agricultural practices on detritus in general through SOM are the
focus of this chapter.

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