Quantification of the effects of rotation breaks on soil biological properties and their impact on yield decline in sugarcane》.pdf

Soil Biology Biochemistry 37 (2005) 1121–1130 /locate/soilbio Quantification of the effects of rotation breaks on soil biological properties and their impact on yield decline in sugarcane a,* b c d e C.E. Pankhurst , G.R. Stirling , R.C. Magarey , B.L. Blair , J.A. Holt , M.J. Bellf, A.L. Garsideg Sugarcane Yield Decline Joint Venture aCSIRO Land and Water, PMB, PO Aitkenvale, Qld 4814, Australia bBiological Crop Protection, 3601 Moggill Road, Moggill, Qld 4070, Australia cBureau of Sugar Experiment Stations (BSES Limited), Tully, Qld 4854, Australia dAgency for Food and Fibre Sciences, QDPI, C/-BSES Limited, Tully, Qld 4854, Australia eSchool of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4814, Australia fAgency for Food and Fibre Sciences, QDPI, Kingaroy, Qld 4610, Australia gBSES Limited, C/-CSIRO Land and Water, PMB, PO Aitkenvale, Qld 4814, Australia Received 18 March 2004; received in revised form 21 September 2004; accepted 19 November 2004 Abstract Three contrasting rotation breaks (sown pasture, alternate crops and bare fallow) were established at five sites in Queensland, Australia, on land that had been under sugarcane monoculture for at least 20 ye