Summary
Soil is an important medium of biomass production due to storing, transforming, and harmonizing natural resources. This experimental site (Kungyalu, Central-East Hungary) on Chernozem soil was examined based on: a) irrigation (linear -LI; drum irrigation -DI; no irrigation -NI); and b) mulching (mulched -M; unmulched -U). The objective was to investigate the effect of irrigation and organic mulching (wheat straw) on earthworm abundance, biomass and species composition. The earthworm abundance and biomass under U (60.7 ind m -2 , 16.8 g m -2 ) and M (68.1 ind m -2 , 17.3 g m -2 ) were greater in autumn compared to summer (U: 16.6 ind m -2 , 3.14 g m -2 ; M: 29.9 ind m -2 , 6.6 g m -2 ), but the difference was only significant in summer. Significantly greater earthworm abundance and biomass
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