Biodiversity of soil arthropods in mango, Mangifera indica L. orchard ecosystem in Barangay Alagao, San Ildefonso, Bulacan, Philippines

Date

6-2022

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

Major Course

Major in Entomology

College

College of Agriculture and Food Science (CAFS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Flor A. Ceballo

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Abstract

A biodiversity study of soil arthropods of a mango orchard ecosystem of Gumapos Mango Farm in Barangay Alagao, San Ildefonso, Bulacan was conducted during wet season by collecting soil samples in three sites in the farm before subjecting them to Tullgren funnel setup for soil arthropod extraction. The collected arthropod species were identified up to family level using available published identification keys and literatures. A total of 4,055 individuals of soil arthropods belonging to 83 families from 17 different orders from Class Insecta, Arachnida, Chilopoda, and Diplopoda were collected from 126 soil samples during the study period. Using the gathered data to calculate for the diversity indices of the study site, it can be said that for a mango orchard ecosystem, the soil arthropod biodiversity is highly diverse (n= 0.8922) in terms of soil arthropod species with low distribution of species within the area (n= 0.2059) and high species richness (n = 9.870). Most of the arthropod species collected belong to litter transformers and ecosystem engineers. Collembola (n = 1,813), Diptera (n = 1,058), Acarina (n = 376), and Staphylinidae (n = 111) are the predominant species of litter transformers while Formicidae (n = 334) is the most common species belonging to ecosystem engineers.

Language

English

LC Subject

Arthropoda -- Identification, Arthropod surveys, Soil biodiversity -- Philippines, Species diversity, Agriculture, Entomology Institute of Weed Science, Entomology and Plant Pathology

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2022 A3 A54

Document Type

Thesis

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