Influence of organic and mineral fertilisers on soil biological and physical properties

Marinari, Sara; Masciandaro, Grazia; Ceccanti, B.; Grégo, S.

doi:10.1016/s0960-8524(99)00094-2

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“…The activities of soil enzymes are generally highly associated with SOM content (Beyer et al 1995). Enzymatic activity in our study was positively correlated with SOM content, consistent with reports of increased soil enzymatic activities with increased levels of organic residue (Marinari et al 2000;Graham and Haynes 2005). Sucrase and catalase activities varied among the soils of the bamboo plots, indicating that soil enzymatic activity were influenced by bamboo, possibly due to root distribution and rate of litter decomposition (Zhang et al 2010).…”

Section: Soil Enzymatic Activitiessupporting

confidence: 88%

Rhizosphere soil enzymatic and microbial activities in bamboo forests in southeastern China

Chen

et al. 2014

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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Bamboo has been introduced to coastal sandy areas in southeastern China to protect and restore coastal ecosystems. An understanding of the chemistries and enzymatic and microbial activities in the soils of these bamboo forests will aid our understanding of how bamboo plantations can improve soil fertility and will provide scientific evidence for policy makers for encouraging the planting of bamboo in other coastal areas. We investigated the physical and chemical properties of the rhizosphere soil [soil moisture content (SMC), pH, and contents of soil organic matter (SOM), total nitrogen (TN), available nitrogen (AN), total phosphorus (TP), available phosphorus (AP), total potassium (TK) and available potassium (AK)], enzymatic activities (sucrase, protease, urease and catalase) and microbial properties (counts of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes) in five bamboo forests. The bamboo forests had significantly higher levels of SOM, TN, AN, TP, AP, TK, and AK and lower pH relative to a control soil sample from an area devoid of plants. Soil enzymatic activities and microbial communities were considerably higher in the bamboo forests than in the soil from the barren land. The chemical contents, enzymatic activities and microbial counts of the soil and the litter and root biomasses were higher in forests with the bamboo species Dendrocalamopsis oldhami and Pseudosasa amabilis than in forests with the other three species (Acidosasa edulis, Dendrocalamopsis vario-striata, and Dendrocalamopsis beecheyana var. pubescens), which suggests that these two species could adapt to sandy soil and grow well in a hostile environment. These results indicate that planting bamboo may help to both enrich soil fertility and increase the diversity of tree species in coastal ecosystems. The difference between aboveground and belowground biomass may have been responsible for these changes in soil properties.

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Section: Soil Enzymatic Activitiessupporting

confidence: 88%

Rhizosphere soil enzymatic and microbial activities in bamboo forests in southeastern China

Chen

et al. 2014

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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“…According to Acosta-Martinez and Tabatabai (2000), organic fertilization has a more beneficial impact on the overall biological activity in comparison to the mineral fertilization, which, by improving the physico-chemical properties of the soil, can adversely affect its enzymatic activity. Increase of dehydrogenase activity under the influence of organic fertilizers was observed in the studies by Koper and Siwik-Ziomek (2003) and Marinari et al (2000). In studies by Kucharski and Niklewska-Larska (1992), addition of cellulose to the soil resulted in 7.5-fold increase in dehydrogenase activity in the lighter soil, whereas 4.2-fold increase was reported for a more concise soil.…”

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Study on the effect of organic fertilizers on soil organic matter and enzyme activities of soil in forest nursery

Piaszczyk¹,

Błońska²,

Lasota³

2017

Soil Science Annual

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The aim of the study was to assess the effects of organic fertilization on selected chemical properties of the soil and the activity of dehydrogenase and β-glucosidase in the soil of forest nursery. The main goal was to evaluate the role of organic fertilizers in carbon storage in the forest nursery soil. Sample plots were located in northern Poland in the Polanów Forest District on a forest nursery. Soil samples were collected from horizon 0-20 cm for laboratory analyzes. In soil samples pH, soil texture, and organic carbon, nitrogen, base cation contents, dehydrogenase activity and β-glucosidase activity were determined. The obtained results were used to evaluate the carbon storage. The results confirm the beneficial effect of the applied organic fertilizer on chemical properties of the soils under study and their biological activity. The applied organic fertilizers had an impact on increased accumulation of soil organic matter. In the soils investigated, there was an increase in the activity of such enzymes as dehydrogenases and β-glucosidase.

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“…As a consequence more available nutrients and microbial metabolites are released into the soil (Tomati et al, 1988). Use of vermicompost is effective for improving soil fertility and it contains most of the nutrients in plant available form such as nitrates, phosphates, exchangeable calcium and soluble potassium (Aggelides and Londra, 1999;Mascolo et al, 1999;Albiach et al, 2000;Marinari et al, 2000;Sailajakumari and Ushakumari, 2002;Arancon et al, 2006;Prabha et al, 2007;Azarmi et al, 2008). Vermicomposting contains plant hormones like Auxin and gibberellins and enzymes which believed to stimulate plant growth and discourage plant pathogens (Businelli et al, 1984;Tomati et al, 1988).…”

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Bioremediation of temple waste (nirmalya) by vermicomposting in a metropolitan city like Mumbai

2016

Int. J. Curr. Res. Biol. Med.

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In India, million tons of temple waste (nirmalya) is produced every day. The waste collected from temple mainly consists of flowers, leaves, fruits, honey, coconuts, camphor, jaggery, milk etc. which is released in the water bodies or dumped at the available land spaces, thereby leading to severe environmental pollution and health hazards. Bioremediation of nirmalya can be carried out by vermicomposting. Vermicomposting is an eco-friendly process of efficiently converting organic waste into compost with the help of soil microorganism and earthworms. In our work Nirmalya was taken from a temple in South Mumbai, which was pre-composted at 30 o C and used as a substrate for vermicomposting by earthworm species Eisenia foetida for 90 days. The chemical analysis of the vermicompost showed its pH (7.2), the organic carbon content (8.57%), N (0.49%), total P (0.5%), K (0.16%), C: N ratio (17.489) and also contained sufficient concentration of microelements like zinc, manganese, iron and copper. The total bacterial count of vermiwash was found to be 3×10 9 cfu/ml. The bacteria which were isolated from vermiwash showed various enzyme activities like protease, cellulase, phosphatase, amylase, gelatinase and lipase. The presence of nitrogen fixing bacteria like Azotobacter and Rhizobium from vermiwash was also demonstrated. The vermicompost obtained was checked for its effect on the growth of the test plants like Tagetes erecta and Solanum melongena using pot culture studies. One of the bacterial isolates was identified as Bacillus amyloliquefaciens HY10 by morphological, cultural, biochemical and 16s rRNA sequence analysis which showed protease (32.53units/ml) and lipase activity (3.177units/ml).

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Influence of organic and mineral fertilisers on soil biological and physical properties

Cited by 462 publications

References 29 publications

Rhizosphere soil enzymatic and microbial activities in bamboo forests in southeastern China

Rhizosphere soil enzymatic and microbial activities in bamboo forests in southeastern China

Study on the effect of organic fertilizers on soil organic matter and enzyme activities of soil in forest nursery

Bioremediation of temple waste (nirmalya) by vermicomposting in a metropolitan city like Mumbai

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