Biological Characteristics of the Rhizospheric Soil of Alfalfa Grown on Natural Soil and Anthropized Soil

Nov 15, 2023, 4:30 PM
15m
The Mohamed VI Museum of Water Civilization (Marrakesh, Morocco)

The Mohamed VI Museum of Water Civilization

Marrakesh, Morocco

Oral presentation - in person Environment Farming systems

Speaker

Prof. HICHAM EL KHALIL (Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech, Morocco)

Description

In urban areas, the soil is dramatically disturbed. These modifications have a great effect on its behavior and its functioning as a support for the vegetation. Rhizophiric soil is generally influenced by soil quality and plant behavior under anthropized soil conditions. The objective of our work is to evaluate the biological characteristics of the rhizospheric soil of Alfalfa grown on natural soil and another anthropized soil according to the contamination by metallic trace elements. The results show that the mesofauna of the different rhizospheric soils of the different Alfalfa plants varies from one area to another. The rhizospheric soil of Alfalfa, grown on soils irrigated by wastewater, presents the most abundant mesofauna. This mesofauna is dominated by Insects and Arachnids. The contents of metallic trace elements, measured in the rhizospheric soils of different studied plants of Alfalfa, show that soils irrigated by wastewater exhibit the most remarkable concentrations of metallic trace elements. Therefore, the biological characteristics of the rhizospheric soil can vary according to land use and they are influenced by metallic contamination.

Primary author

Prof. HICHAM EL KHALIL (Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech, Morocco)

Co-authors

Prof. BTISSAM MANDRI (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Bio-ressources, Environnement et Matériaux « LIRBEM », Ecole Normale Supérieur, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco/Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Safi, Université Cadi Ayyad, Safi, Morocco) Ms KABIRA M'BARKI (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Bio-ressources, Environnement et Matériaux « LIRBEM », Ecole Normale Supérieur, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco/Laboratoire de Bio-ressources et Sécurité Sanitaire des aliments, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco) Mr QASSIM ESMAEEL (Unité de Recherche Résistance Induite et BioProtection des Plantes (RIPB) - EA4707 - USC INRAe1488 Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, Frensh) Prof. AHMED TARA (Laboratoire MATIM - MATériaux et Ingénierie Mécanique, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, Frensh) Prof. Essaid AIT BARKA (Unité de Recherche Résistance Induite et BioProtection des Plantes (RIPB) - EA4707 - USC INRAe1488 Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, Frensh) Prof. ALI BOULARBAH (Laboratoire de Bio-ressources et Sécurité Sanitaire des aliments, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco)

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