@article{fdi:010063728,
  title = {{F}ourteen years of evidence for positive effects of conservation agriculture and organic farming on soil life},
  author = {{H}enneron, {L}. and {B}ernard, {L}aetitia and {H}edde, {M}. and {P}elosi, {C}. and {V}illenave, {C}. and {C}henu, {C}. and {B}ertrand, {M}. and {G}irardin, {C}. and {B}lanchart, {E}ric},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}onventional agriculture strongly alters soil quality due to industrial practices that often have negative effects on soil life. {A}lternative systems such as conservation agriculture and organic farming could restore better conditions for soil organisms. {I}mproving soil life should in turn improve soil quality and farming sustainability. {H}ere, we have compared for the first time the long-term effects of conservation agriculture, organic farming, and conventional agriculture on major soil organisms such as microbes, nematofauna, and macrofauna. {W}e have also analyzed functional groups. {S}oils were sampled at the 14-year-old experimental site of {L}a {C}age, near {V}ersailles, {F}rance. {T}he microbial community was analyzed using molecular biology techniques. {N}ematofauna and macrofauna were analyzed and classified into functional groups. {O}ur results show that both conservation and organic systems increased the abundance and biomass of all soil organisms, except predaceous nematodes. {F}or example, macrofauna increased from 100 to 2,500 %, nematodes from 100 to 700 %, and microorganisms from 30 to 70 %. {C}onservation agriculture showed a higher overall improvement than organic farming. {C}onservation agriculture increased the number of many organisms such as bacteria, fungi, anecic earthworms, and phytophagous and rhizophagous arthropods. {O}rganic farming improved mainly the bacterial pathway of the soil food web and endogeic and anecic earthworms. {O}verall, our study shows that long-term, no-tillage, and cover crops are better for soil biota than periodic legume green manures, pesticides, and mineral fertilizers.},
  keywords = {{S}oil biodiversity ; {F}unctional groups ; {S}oil food web ; {S}oil functioning ; {S}oil quality ; {L}and management ; {A}gricultural sustainability ; {A}groecosystems ; {A}groecology ; {FRANCE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}gronomy for {S}ustainable {D}evelopment},
  volume = {35},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {169--181},
  ISSN = {1774-0746},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1007/s13593-014-0215-8},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010063728},
}