Microplate-scale fluorometric soil enzyme assays as tools to assess soil quality in a long-term agricultural field experiment

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• 作者：Caterina Giacometti ; Luciano Cavani ; Guido Baldoni ; Claudio Ciavatta ; Claudio Marzadori ; Ellen K ; eler
• 关键词：Soil enzyme activities ; Microplate-scale fluorimetry ; 4-Methylumbelliferone ; Soil quality
• 刊名：Applied Soil Ecology
• 出版年：March, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：75
• 期：Complete
• 页码：80-85
• 全文大小：535 K

文摘

We investigated the potential of microplate-scale fluorometric soil enzyme assays to differentiate plots under contrasting long-term organic and mineral N fertilization regimens to determine the relevance of this analytical approach to soil quality related studies.

Enzymes involved in the breakdown of cellulose and hemicellulose showed maximum activities in plots amended with manure. Conversely, the enzymes involved in the hydrolysis of starch and phosphate esters peaked under mineral N fertilization. Linear regression analysis indicated close associations between enzyme activities and other fundamental soil properties related to soil quality, and principal component analysis separated the soil samples according to their responses to organic and mineral N fertilization. We conclude that microplate-scale fluorimetry is a fast throughput tool for the measurement of multiple soil enzyme activities as soil quality indicators.