JOURNAL of Soil Biology and Ecology

Impact of Odontotermes horni workers foraging on the loss of organic matter in agro and forest ecosystem

Author: N. G. KUMAR

Abstract :

The study aimed to analyze the effect of worker termites of O. horni on the organic litter of finger millet crops cultivated under dryland agroecosystems and silver oak leaves in the forest ecosystem. The findings indicated that there was a depletion of 221.90 g and 113.72 g of organic litter per m2 area, with a maximum loss of 66.66% and 60.29%, respectively, in the unprotected finger millet plots and silver oak plantations.

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