| Soil enzyme activities with greenhouse subsurface irrigation | |
| Alternative Title | Soil Enzyme Activities with Greenhouse Subsurface Irrigation |
| Zhang YuLong; Wang YaoSheng | |
| 2006 | |
| Source Publication | PEDOSPHERE
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| ISSN | 1002-0160 |
| Volume | 16Issue:4Pages:512-518 |
| Abstract | Various environmental conditions determine soil enzyme activities, which are important indicators for changes of soil microbial activity, soil fertility, and land quality. The effect of subsurface irrigation scheduling on activities of three soil enzymes (phosphatase, urease, and catalase) was studied at five depths (0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, and 40-60 cm) of a tomato greenhouse soil. Irrigation was scheduled when soil water condition reached the maximum allowable depletion (MAD) designed for different treatments (-10, -16, -25, -40, and -63 kPa). Results showed that soil enzyme activities had significant responses to the irrigation scheduling during the period of subsurface irrigation. The neutral phosphatase activity and the catalase activity were found to generally increase with more frequent irrigation (MAD of -10 and -16 kPa). This suggested that a higher level of water content favored an increase in activity of these two enzymes. In contrast, the urease activity decreased under irrigation, with less effect for MAD of -40 and -63 kPa. This implied that relatively wet soil conditions were conducive to retention of urea N, but relatively dry soil conditions could result in increasing loss of urea N. Further, this study revealed that soil enzyme activities could be alternative natural bio-sensors for the effect of irrigation on soil biochemical reactions and could help optimize irrigation management of greenhouse crop production. |
| Other Abstract | Various environmental conditions determine soil enzyme activities, which are important indicators for changes of soil microbial activity, soil fertility, and land quality. The effect of subsurface irrigation scheduling on activities of three soil enzymes (phosphatase, urease, and catalase) was studied at five depths (0-10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, and 40-60 cm) of a tomato greenhouse soil. Irrigation was scheduled when soil water condition reached the maximum allowable depletion(MAD) designed for different treatments (-10, -16, -25, -40, and -63 kPa). Results showed that soil enzyme activities had significant responses to the irrigation scheduling during the period of subsurface irrigation. The neutral phosphatase activity and the catalase activity were found to generally increase with more frequent irrigation (MAD of -10 and -16kPa). This suggested that a higher level of water content favored an increase in activity of these two enzymes. In contrast,the urease activity decreased under irrigation, with less effect for MAD of -40 and -63 kPa. This implied that relatively wet soil conditions were conducive to retention of urea N, but relatively dry soil conditions could result in increasing loss of urea N. Further, this study revealed that soil enzyme activities could be alternative natural bio-sensors for the effect of irrigation on soil biochemical reactions and could help optimize irrigation management of greenhouse crop production. |
| Keyword | PHOSPHATASE-ACTIVITY PHOSPHORUS WOODLAND ACID irrigation scheduling soil enzyme activity subsurface irrigation tomato |
| Indexed By | CSCD |
| Language | 英语 |
| CSCD ID | CSCD:2461935 |
| Citation statistics |
Cited Times:21[CSCD]
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.imr.ac.cn/handle/321006/155832 |
| Collection | 中国科学院金属研究所 |
| Affiliation | 中国科学院金属研究所 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang YuLong,Wang YaoSheng. Soil enzyme activities with greenhouse subsurface irrigation[J]. PEDOSPHERE,2006,16(4):512-518. |
| APA | Zhang YuLong,&Wang YaoSheng.(2006).Soil enzyme activities with greenhouse subsurface irrigation.PEDOSPHERE,16(4),512-518. |
| MLA | Zhang YuLong,et al."Soil enzyme activities with greenhouse subsurface irrigation".PEDOSPHERE 16.4(2006):512-518. |
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