Short-term effect of vermicompost application on biological properties of an alkaline soil with high lime content from Mediterranean region of Turkey.

This study was conducted to investigate direct short-term impact of vermicompost on some soil biological properties by monitoring changes after addition of vermicompost as compared to farmyard manure in an alkaline soil with high lime content from semiarid Mediterranean region of Turkey. For this pu...

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Publicado en:Scientific World Journal pp. 395282 - 395283
Autores principales: Uz, Ilker, Tavali, Ismail Emrah
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell 2014
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          Uz, Ilker
          Tavali, Ismail Emrah
        affil: Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, 07070 Antalya, Turkey.
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          Agriculture
          Calcium Compounds
          Inorganic Chemicals
          Organic Chemicals
          Oxides
          Soil
          Alkalies
          Alkaline Phosphatase Metabolism
          Conservation of Natural Resources Methods
          Environmental Microbiology
          Feces
          Glycoside Hydrolases Metabolism
          Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
          Mediterranean Region
          Nitrogen Metabolism
          Organic Chemicals Metabolism
          Oxidoreductases Metabolism
          Phosphorus Metabolism
          Time Factors
          Turkiye
          Urease Metabolism
      ab: This study was conducted to investigate direct short-term impact of vermicompost on some soil biological properties by monitoring changes after addition of vermicompost as compared to farmyard manure in an alkaline soil with high lime content from semiarid Mediterranean region of Turkey. For this purpose, mixtures of soil and organic fertilizers in different doses were incubated under greenhouse condition. Soil samples collected in regular intervals were analyzed for biological parameters including dehydrogenase, β-glucosidase, urease, alkaline phosphatase activities, and total number of aerobic mesophilic bacteria. Even though soil dehydrogenase activity appeared to be dose-independent based on overall evaluation, organic amendments were found to elevate dehydrogenase activity when sampling periods are evaluated individually. β-glucosidase, urease, alkaline phosphatase activity, and aerobic mesophilic bacterial numbers in vermicompost treatments fluctuated but remained significantly above the control. A slight but statistically significant difference was detected between organic amendments in terms of urease activity. Vermicompost appeared to more significantly increase bacterial number in soil. Clearly, vermicompost has a potential to be used as an alternative to farmyard manure to improve and maintain soil biological activity in alkaline calcareous soils from the Mediterranean region of Turkey. Further studies are needed to assess its full potential for these soils.
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