Effect of liming on some chemical, biochemical, and microbiological properties of acid soils under spruce (Picea abies L.)

Badalucco, Luigi; Grégo, S.; Dell’Orco, Stefano; Nannipieri, Paolo

doi:10.1007/bf00336254

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“…These results do not agree with previous findings that soil pH correlates with optimum pH for phosphomonoesterase activity [21]. As reported by Eivazi and Tabatabai [13], there is no excretion of alkaline phosphomonoesterases by plant roots, so we attribute activity to soil microorganisms.…”

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Biological Soil Quality Indicators and Conditioners in a Plant-Assisted Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Farmland

Nwaichi¹,

Chuku²

2017

JEP

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Owing to vital roles played by enzymes in the preservation of the make-up of soil ecosystem and functional diversity, the influence of organic manure on the resultant biological quality of a crude oil polluted agricultural soil from a 90 d phytoremediation pot experiment was investigated. A 4-factor phyto-assisted clean-up of crude oil polluted agricultural soil was designed with options of manure amendments, to boost micobial activities. Profiles of β-glucosidases, proteases, dehydrogenases, phosphomonoesterases and respiration were investigated. Analysis of variance of triplicate experiment was carried out. Application of soil conditioner gave no marked dehydrogenase activity, which increased with depletion of available phosphorus. Marked increases in CO 2 release and alkaline phosphatase activity with soil conditioning may implicate beneficial relationship with the abundance of microbial populations. Flooding in some pots correlated with β-glucosidase and respiratory acitivities. A direct relationship between cellulose breakdown, measurable with β-glucosidase activity, organic matter and CO 2 release, measurable with respiratory activity within all soils was found in the present study. Use of organic manure significantly improved CO 2 release by soil biota in hydrocarbon-impacted soil and may be explored for phytoremediation technique.

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confidence: 55%

Biological Soil Quality Indicators and Conditioners in a Plant-Assisted Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Farmland

Nwaichi¹,

Chuku²

2017

JEP

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“…5). A significant increase in the C:N ratio of HWEOM after Ca treatment therefore may reflect a decrease in microbially derived material, an observation consistent with results from the watershed-level study at Hubbard Brook (Groffman et al 2006), but in contrast to a number of studies that observed an enhanced microbial response to liming treatment (Haynes and Swift, 1988;Persson et al 1989, Badalucco et al 1992Filep and Szili-Kovacs, 2010). The absence of a microbial response in this study may be partly due to the fact that wollastonite was used instead of lime.…”

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Effects of calcium silicate treatment on the composition of forest floor organic matter in a northern hardwood forest stand

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“…Generally quite high applications of lime are used for forest soils (4-7.5 t/ha) which increases soil pH by 2-3 pH-units (Badalucco et al, 1992;Haynes and Swift, 1988;Illmer and Schinner, 1991;Von Ltitzow et al, 1992;Zelles et al, 1990). The strong increase in pH leads to remarkable changes in microbial populations; fungi which are more adapted to acidic conditions are depressed and occurence of bacteria will increase (Badalucco et al, 1992;Nodar et al, 1992;Zelles et al, 1990).…”

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“…Liming is currently being used to counteract acidification of soil and to sustain the vitality and health of forests (Badalucco et al, 1992;Derome et al, 1986;Derome and P~itil~i, 1989;H0ttl and Z6ttl, 1993;Nys, 1990). However, liming has, in some cases, reduced tree growth (Derome et al, 1986) and carbon mineralization in forest soil (Persson et al, 1990(Persson et al, /1991.…”

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Mineralization of carbon and nitrogen in acid forest soil treated with fast and slow-release nutrients

Aarnio

Martikainen

1994

Plant Soil

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The effects of slow (apatite, biotite) and fast-release nutrients (E K, Mg) on C and N mineralization in acid forest soil were studied. These nutrients were applied alone or together with urea or urea and limestone. The production of CO2 in the soil samples taken one and three growing seasons after the application was lower in the soils treated with the fast-release nutrients than in the untreated soils. Similar reduction of microbial activity was not seen after the apatite and apatite+biotite treatments. In the first growing season, urea and urea+limestone enhanced CO2 production, but after three growing seasons, the opposite was true. Apatite and apatite+biotite added together with urea did not compensate for the decreasing effect of urea on the C Q production. The addition of fast-release salts increased somewhat the concentration of NH4 + in the soil and more NH + accumulated during laboratory incubation in the soil samples taken one growing season after the application. The urea addition immediately increased the concentrations of NH4 + and of NO 3 in the soil, but, three growing seasons after application, urea had only a slight increasing effect on mineral N content of the soil. Slow-release nutrients seem to have a more favourable effect than fast-release salts on nutrient turnover in acid forest soil.

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Effect of liming on some chemical, biochemical, and microbiological properties of acid soils under spruce (Picea abies L.)

Cited by 120 publications

References 32 publications

Biological Soil Quality Indicators and Conditioners in a Plant-Assisted Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Farmland

Biological Soil Quality Indicators and Conditioners in a Plant-Assisted Remediation of Crude Oil Polluted Farmland

Effects of calcium silicate treatment on the composition of forest floor organic matter in a northern hardwood forest stand

Mineralization of carbon and nitrogen in acid forest soil treated with fast and slow-release nutrients

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