SOIL MESOFAUNA OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF COMPLEX COMPOST
The article presents the results of long-term studies on the impact of complex compost on the composition and number of soil invertebrates in the conditions of zero-tillage crop rotation. The studied territory is represented by agricultural landscapes, located in the Leningrad district of the Krasnodar region with a pronounced prevalence of the creation of chernozem soils. As a result of the work studied the basic properties of ordinary chernozem, revealed the quantitative and qualitative composition of herpetobionts on the crops of major crops and the transformation of its main groups. In areas where complex composting was introduced, there was a statistically significant increase in the number of earthworms ( Lumbricidae ), anchimeric ( Enchitraeidae ), kusakov ( Julidae ). In the course of studies it was found that due to the composition of complex compost (a mixture of organic and mineral waste) when it was introduced into the soil there was a decrease in its density, an increase in porosity and humidity, an increase in the content of organic matter, calcium, sulfur, pH neutralization, which mainly affected soil inhabitants.