THE EFFECT OF RESIDUAL FERTILIZER COPPER ON AMMONIFICATION, NITRIFICATION AND PROTEOLYTIC POPULATION IN SOME ORGANIC SOILS

1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. MATHUR ◽  
C. M. PRESTON
Keyword(s):  
Soil Enzymes ◽  
Microbial Population ◽  
Soil Extract ◽  
The Other ◽  
Toxic Effects ◽  
Organic Soils ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Soil Microbial Population ◽  
Extracellular Proteolysis

As a part of attempts at examining the suitability of using moderate amounts of Cu for mitigating the undesirably fast decomposition and subsidence of some organic soils, this investigation revealed that both total and DTPA-TEA-extractable Cu contents of 14 samples of cultivated organic soils correlated negatively with the total microbial population counted on soil extract-acitidione-gelatin agar plates and positively with the percentage of that population capable of extracellular proteolysis. On the other hand, the concentrations of both total and extractable Cu did not correlate with either the total number of proteolytic organisms counted, or the capacities of the soils for ammonification and nitrification. The results are, therefore, in accord with the belief that Cu curtails the decomposition of organic soils primarily through inactivation of accumulated soil enzymes, but not through direct toxic effects on the general soil microbial population.

scholarly journals Effects of Triazole Fungicides on Soil Microbiota and on the Activities of Enzymes Found in Soil: A Review

Agriculture ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 893
Author(s):  
Diana Larisa Roman ◽  
Denisa Ioana Voiculescu ◽  
Madalina Filip ◽  
Vasile Ostafe ◽  
Adriana Isvoran
Keyword(s):  
Soil Enzymes ◽  
Microbial Population ◽  
Soil Microbiota ◽  
Triazole Fungicides ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Doses ◽  
Soil Activity ◽  
Soil Microbial Population ◽  
Dose Dependent

Triazole fungicides can manifest toxicity to a wide range of non-target organisms. Within this study we present a systematic review of the effects produced on the soil microbiota and activity of soil enzymes by the following triazole fungicides: cyproconazole, difenoconazole, epoxiconazole, flutriafol, hexaconazole, metconazole, myclobutanil, paclobutrazole, propiconazole, tebuconazole, tetraconazole, triadimenol, triadimefon, and triticonazole. Known effects of the triazole fungicides on the soil activity are dose dependent. High doses of triazole fungicides strongly affects the structure of the microbial communities in soil and usually decrease the soil microbial population and the activities of enzymes found in soil.

scholarly journals Carbon and Microbial Dynamics in Soil on Biochar Compost Plus Treatment

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 138-143
Author(s):  
Wahyu Purbalisa ◽  
Ina Zulaehah ◽  
Dolty Melyga W. Paputri ◽  
Sri Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Microbial Population ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Organic Soil ◽  
Microbial Consortia ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Randomized Design ◽  
Soil Microbial Population ◽  
Compost Treatment ◽  
Screen House

Carbon and microbes in the soil fluctuated from time to time due to various things. This study aims to determine the dynamics of carbon and microbes in the soil in the treatment of biochar-compost. In addition to the use of biochar-compost, this research also uses nano biochar and enrichment with microbial consortia. The study was conducted at the screen house using a complete randomized design with three replications with following treatments: control / without organic fertilizer (P0), compost (P1), biochar-compost 1: 4 (P2), nano-biochar-compost 1: 4 (P3 ), biochar-compost + microbial consortia (P4), compost + microbial consortia (P5) and biochar-compost + microbial consortia (P6) with a dose of 2.5 tons/ha respectively. Biochar comes from corncobs. Compost biochar plus application was made before planting.  Parameters observed were soil carbon (C-organic), soil acidity (pH) at 7 DAA, 37 DAA and after harvest, and the total soil microbial population at 2 DAA and after harvest. Soil carbon was measured using Walkey and Black method measured by spectrophotometer, soil pH using a soil: water ratio = 1: 5 and measured by a pH meter, the total microbial population using Total Plate Counting (TPC) method. The results showed carbon and soil microbial populations decreased over time, except for microbial communities in a single compost treatment.

Modelling of microbial processes that govern degradation of organic substrates in soil, with special reference to pesticides

1990 ◽  
Vol 329 (1255) ◽  
pp. 369-373 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Population ◽  
Large Fraction ◽  
Organic Substrates ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Deterministic Models ◽  
Soil Microbial ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Biokinetic Parameters ◽  
Soil Microbial Population ◽  
Kinetics Of

We tried to develop deterministic models for kinetics of 2,4-D breakdown in the soil based on the following considerations: (i) at low concentrations degradation results from maintenance consumption by a large fraction of the soil microbial population; (ii) at high concentration in addition to the maintenance consumption there is a growth-associated carbon incorporation by a small specific microbial population. Values for the biokinetic parameters are consistent with those commonly found in the literature. Comparison between observed and simulated curves suggests that a non-negligible part of the pesticidal carbon exists as microbial by-products.

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