| dc.description.abstract | One of bio-indicator soil fertility is soil mesofauna. Soil mesofauna is soil
organism that have an important role in distributing organic matter in the soil,
improving soil physical properties, and increasing soil fertility. If there are more
mesofauna in an area of land, the ecological conditions of the land have abundant
organic material and have good soil conditions. The purpose of this study was to
determine the types of mesofauna found in the soil around Arabica coffee plants. The
method for capturing soil mesofauna was with a pitfall trap. The results of the
identification of soil mesofauna in Arabica coffee plants on Kalibendo plantations
were obtained by several species including the Order of Collembola and Subclass of
Acarina. Species of the Order of Collembola was found Pseudoparonella sp., Salina
celebensis, Isotomurus balteatus, Lobella sp., Hypogastrura purpurescens, and
Sminthurides sp. Whereas from the subclass of Acarina was found the family of
Ixodidae. | en_US |
