soil microbial biomass
Effects of pesticides on the soil microbial biomass and microbial activity
... The pesticides epoxiconazole and quimnerac were shown to have no detectable side-effects on total soil microbial biomass in several different soils, nor on microbial activity as[r] ...
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Soil microbial biomass in organic farming system
... Organic practices avoid applications of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, rely on organic inputs and recycling for nutrient supply, and emphasize cropping system design and biological processes for pest management, ...
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Effect of Leaf Litter Treatment on Soil Microbial Biomass
... This may be due to the presence of leguminous species where N-mineralization is faster. As indicated by the status of soil microbial biomass, the leaf litter of Cassia siamea can enrich the nutrient ...
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Through the eye of the needle ā The story of the soil microbial biomass
... to Soil Microbes from Heavy Metal Pollution All scientists like to believe that their research flows effortlessly from one step to the next, based on their previously carefully planned, and logically based, ...
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Soil microbial biomass and function are altered by 12 years of crop rotation
... reduce soil microbial biomass, alter microbial functions, and threaten the provisioning of soil ecosystem ...enhance soil microbial biomass and ...in soil ...
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Responses of soil microbial biomass and enzyme activity to herbicides imazethapyr and flumioxazin
... the soil microbial biomass C may be related to the degradation of these herbicides and their decreas- ing toxicity for soil microbial biomass 15 ...of microbial cells ...
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Soil Enzyme Activities and Their Relationship to Total Soil Bacteria, Soil Microbial Biomass and Soil Chemical Characteristics of Organic and Conventional Farming
... ABSTRACT Soil properties such as physical, chemical, biological, microbiological and biochemical aspects affect on soil ...quality. Soil microbiological activities directly affect stability of ...
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Potential of the soil microbial biomass C to tolerate and degrade persistent organic pollutants
... potential microbial activities and the potential of the soil microbial biomass C to degrade 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethane (DDT), polychlorin- ated biphenyls (PCB) and ...
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Changes in soil microbial biomass with manure application in cropping systems: A meta-analysis
... of microbial biomass to manure application relative to mineral fertilizers across major cropping systems in ...of microbial biomass to manure application is mainly at- tributed to ...
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Soil microbial biomass dynamics in grassland and agroecosystem receiving varying resource quality soil inputs in dry tropics
... in soil, instead of SS, WS and ...in microbial biomass C and N were found contrary to GF. Both soil MBC and MBN level increased from rice to wheat period and reached maximum during summer ...
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Long Term Exclusion of Grazing Increases Soil Microbial Biomass but Not Diversity in a Temperate Grassland
... on soil bacterial community structure and diversity is not well ...along. Soil microbial biomass was measured using fumigation method and bacterial community structure and diversity were ...
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Tillage System Comparison in Organic Farming: Effects on N Mineralization, Soil Microbial Biomass, and Yield
... Published: 16 September 2019 Abstract: The nitrogen supply can be a yield-limiting factor in organic farming, especially when reduced tillage is applied. An organic field experiment was conducted from 2007 to 2013 to ...
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Phosphorus Transformations in an Oxisol under contrasting land-use systems: The role of the soil microbial biomass
... the soil microbial biomass cannot be seen as a pool competing with the plant but rather as an important part in the P cycle that supports a high P use efficiency of the non-renewable P ...
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Soil Microbial Biomass and Diversity Amended with Bagasse Mulch in Tillage and No-tillage Practices in the Sugarcane Plantation
... fungal biomass and richness. Meanwhile, these study focuses on soil microbial biomass and diversity amended with bagasse as organic mulch in tillage and no-tillage practices in the sugarcane ...
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Soil microbial biomass, activity and community composition along altitudinal gradients in the High Arctic (Billefjorden, Svalbard)
... in soil solution and the average soil moisture content was 20 %, the Mg 2+ concentrations would have ranged from approximately 16 to 140 ppm, which could explain the decreased abundance of Gā bacteria at ...
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Burning in a New Zealand snow-tussock grassland: Effects on soil microbial biomass and nitrogen and phosphorus availability
... total soil organic carbon (C), extractable C, microbial biomass C, and basal respiratory activity were, on average, 14%, 18%, 23%, and 40%, respectively, lower at the burned than at the unburned ...
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Long-term impact of sewage sludge application on soil microbial biomass: An evaluation using meta-analysis
... in soil microbial biomass carbon have occurred in soils where the total concentrations of Zn and Cu fall below the current UK statutory ...in microbial community structure within the contami- ...
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Soil Enzyme Activities and Their Relationship to Total Soil Bacteria, Soil Microbial Biomass and Soil Chemical Characteristics of Organic and Conventional Farming
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Understory vegetation plays the key role in sustaining soil microbial biomass and extracellular enzyme activities
... the soil C and N contents and the soil potential activities of C- and N-hydrolase and ox- idase, but does not influence the P-hydrolase ...the soil inorganic N contents suggests that C decomposition ...
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Long-term Impacts of Silvicultural Treatments on Soil Microbial Biomass, Community Composition, and N Mineralization
... B IOGRAPHY Julia Camille Burger was born in Lafayette, Indiana but spent most of her formative years in Blacksburg, Virginia. A lifetime Hokie, Julie attended Virginia Tech and received a Bachelor of Science degree in ...
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