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CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 1976
(1976). Extracellular Enzymes in Soil. CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 383-421.
Skujins, J., Burns, R. G.
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(1976). Extracellular Enzymes in Soil. CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology: Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 383-421.
Skujins, J., Burns, R. G.
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Soil enzyme - soil amendment interactions.
2023A simple, rapid and reproducible method of assaying 1,3-β glucanase activity in soil has been developed, using laminarin as a substrate. It was founded upon a detailed analysis of the factors involved such as: quantity, type and age of soil; choice of: buffer, substrate concentration, microbial inhibitor, pH, temperature and incubation time, and ...
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The Influence of Pesticides on Soil Enzymes
2010Pesticides are one of the major products developed by man in the last century. They may have a beneficial impact on agricultural productivity, but they are also a potential hazard to the environment. In the soil, enzymes, contributing under different states to the total biological activity of soil–plant environment, may be strongly influenced by ...
GIANFREDA, LILIANA +1 more
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Selected Soils, Insecticides and Soil Enzymes
2017One of the chief commercial crops grown in Nandyal division (Andhra Pradesh, Southern India) is cotton, and it is the fourth crop next to groundnut, Bengal gram and jowar cultivated in this area. This crop is seriously damaged by many insect pests. For the effective control of the major insect pests on cotton grown in this region, an OP insecticide ...
Naga Raju Maddela +1 more
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Soil Enzymes: Indicators of Soil Pollution
2017Soil enzymes are secreted by several organisms, but most often they are produced by soil microorganisms. An analysis of soil enzymatic activities is one of the microbiological indicators of soil quality. It has long been shown that enzymes participate in numerous biochemical processes occurring in soil, and as indicated by results of several studies ...
Naga Raju Maddela +1 more
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Soil Enzymes as Indication of Soil Quality
2010Soil, water and air are natural resources as well as pollution reservoirs. Soil quality can be changed by pollution, ecological perturbations and agricultural practices. Soil quality can be defined as, “the capacity of a specific kind of soil to function, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, maintain
Karaca, Ayten +3 more
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Soil Enzyme Activities as Biological Indicators of Soil Health
Reviews on Environmental Health, 2003Soil health can be defined as the continued capacity of a specific kind of soil to function as a vital living system, within natural or managed ecosystem boundaries, to sustain plant and animal productivity, to maintain or enhance the quality of air and water environments, and to support human health and habitation. Because of the conflicting pressures
Itziar, Alkorta +5 more
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2010
Forest soils are known to accumulate dead organic material (plant litter ) on the soil surface. When fresh, this material contains a range of substrates, including soluble saccharides, organic acids, amino acids or starch, as well as the plant cell wall-derived biopolymers, cellulose , hemicellulosesand lignin , which are used as growth substrates by ...
Petr Baldrian, Martina Štursová
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Forest soils are known to accumulate dead organic material (plant litter ) on the soil surface. When fresh, this material contains a range of substrates, including soluble saccharides, organic acids, amino acids or starch, as well as the plant cell wall-derived biopolymers, cellulose , hemicellulosesand lignin , which are used as growth substrates by ...
Petr Baldrian, Martina Štursová
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Limitations of soil enzymes as indicators of soil pollution
Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2000Abstract Soil enzyme activities are considered to be sensitive to pollution and have been proposed as indicators for measuring the degree of soil degradation. In this work we found that in three galician soils exposed to various degrees of pollution by tanning effluent, hydrocarbons or landfill effluent, the changes in the activities of individual ...
C. Trasar-Cepeda +3 more
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Extracellular Enzymes in Soils
Microbe Magazine, 2015I found the recent article in Microbe (April 2015, p. 178) in the Small Things Considered section (“Microbe, Enzyme or Mineral? a Riddle in the Soil”) interesting and appreciated the focus on extracellular enzymes in soils. However, the presentation leaves the reader with the impression that the paper reviewed (J. Blankinship et al., Soil Biol. Biochem.
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