Carbon availability and microbial biomass in soil under an irrigated wheat-maize cropping system receiving different fertilizer treatments

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-68

  Mahmood, T ^a   Azam, F ^a   Hussain, F ^a   Malik, K A ^b  

^a NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Carbon availability; Farmyard manure; Microbial biomass; Microbial biomass turnover; Urea; Wheat maize rotation

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FARMYARD MANURE; FERTILIZER; MANURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; ROTATION; SEASONAL CHANGE; UREA;

POACEAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030614150     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050281     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Azam F, Malik KA, Hussain F (1986) Microbial biomass and mineralization-immobilization of nitrogen in some agricultural soils. Biol Fertil Soils 2:157-163
2. Bolton H Jr, Elliott LF, Papendick RI (1985) Soil microbial biomass and selected soil enzyme activities: Effect of fertilization and cropping practices. Soil Biol Biochem 17:297-302
3. Campbell LA, Biederbeck VO, Zentner RP, Lafond GP (1991) Effect of crop rotation and cultural practices on soil organic matter, microbial biomass and respiration in a thin Black Chernozem. Can J Soil Sci 71:363-373
4. Cheng W, Virginia RA (1993) Measurement of microbial biomass in arctic tundra soils using fumigation-extraction and substrate-induced respiration procedures. Soil Biol Biochem 25:135-141
5. Franzluebbers AJ, Hons FM, Zuberer DA (1994) Seasonal changes in soil microbial biomass and mineralizable C and N wheat management systems. Soil Biol Biochem 26:1469-1475
6. Goshal N, Singh KP (1995) Effects of farmyard manure and inorganic fertilizer on the dynamics of soil microbial biomass in a tropical dryland agroecosystem. Biol Fertil Soils 19:231-238
7. Goyal S, Mishra MM, Dhankar SS, Kapoor KK, Batra R (1993) Microbial biomass turnover and enzyme activities following the application of farmyard manure to field soils with and without previous long-term applications. Biol Fertil Soils 15:60-64
8. Groffman PM, Tiedje JM (1989) Denitrification in north temperate forest soils: Relationships between denitrification and environmental factors at the landscape and seasonal scale: Soil Biol Biochem 21:621-626
9. Hassink J (1994) Effect of soil texture on the size of the microbial biomass and on the amount of C and N mineralized per unit of microbial biomass in Dutch grassland soils. Soil Biol Biochem 26:1573-1581
10. Houot S, Chaussod R (1995) Impact of agricultural practices on the size and activity of the microbial biomass in a long-term field experiment. Biol Fertil Soils 19:309-316
11. Insam H (1990) Are the soil microbial biomass and basal respiration governed by the climatic regime? Soil Biol Biochem 22:525-532
12. Insam H, Mitchell CC, Dormaar JF (1991) Relationship of soil microbial biomass and activity with fertilization practice and crop yield of three ultisols. Soil Biol Biochem 23:459-464
13. Jenkinson DS, Ladd JN (1981) Microbial biomass in soil: Measurement and turnover. In: Paul EA, Ladd N (eds) Soil biochemistry, vol. 5. Marcel Dekker, New York, pp 415-471
14. Jenkinson DS, Powlson DS (1976a) The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil-I. Fumigation with chloroform. Soil Biol Biochem 8:167-177
15. Jenkinson DS, Powlson DS (1976b) The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil-V. A method for measuring soil biomass. Soil Biol Biochem 8:209-213
16. Joergensen RG, Meyer B, Mueller T (1994) Time-course of the soil microbial biomass under wheat: A one year field study. Soil Biol Biochem 26:987-994
17. Kaiser EA, Heinemeyer O (1993) Seasonal variations of soil microbial biomass carbon within the plough layer. Soil Biol Biochem 25:1649-1655
18. Lynch JM (1984) Interactions between biological processes, cultivation and soil stucture. Plant and Soil 76:307-318
19. Lynch JM, Panting LM (1980) Cultivation and the soil biomass. Soil Biol Biochem 12:29-33
20. Marumoto T (1984) Mineralization of C and N from microbial biomass in paddy soils. Plant and Soil 76:165-173
21. Mazzarino MJ, Szott L, Jimenez M (1993) Dynamics of soil total C and N, microbial biomass, and water-soluble C in tropical agroecosystems. Soil Biol Biochem 25:205-214
22. McCarty GW, Meisinger JJ, Jenniskens FMM (1995) Relationships between total-N, biomass-N and active-N in soil under different tillage and N fertilizer treatments. Soil Biol Biochem 27:1245-1250
23. McGill WB, Canon KR, Robertson JA, Cook FD (1986) Dynamics of soil microbial biomass and water soluble organic C in Breton L after 50 years of cropping to two rotations. Can J Soil Sci 66:1-19
24. Patra DD, Chand S, Anwar M (1995) Seasonal changes in microbial biomass in soils cropped with palmarosa (Cymbopogon martinii L.) and Japanese mint (Mentha arvensis L.) in subtropical India. Biol Fertil Soils 19:193-196
25. Powlson DS, Jenkinson DS (1976) The effects of biocidal treatments on metabolism in soil-II. Gamma irridiation, autoclaving, air-drying and fumigation. Soil Biol Biochem 8:179-188
26. Powlson DS, Brookes PC, Christensen BT (1987) Measurement of soil microbial biomass provides an early indication of changes in total soil organic matter due to straw incorporation. Soil Biol Biochem 19:159-164
27. Riehm H, Ulrich B (1954) Quantitative colorimetrische Bestimmung der organischen Substanz im Boden. Landwirtsch Forsch 6:173-176
28. Ritz K, Robinson D (1988) Temporal variation in soil microbial biomass C and N under a spring barley crop. Soil Biol Biochem 20:625-630
29. Schnurer J, Clarholm M, Rosswall T (1985) Microbial biomass and activity in an agricultural soil with different organic matter contents. Soil Biol Biochem 17:611-618
30. 15N-labelled fertilizer residues in the soil and in the soil microbial biomass. Soil Biol Biochem 21:529-533
31. Smolander A, Kurka A, Kitunen V, Malkonen E (1994) Microbial biomass C and N, and respiratory activity in soil of repeatedly limed and N-and P-fertilised spruce stands. Soil Biol Biochem 26:957-962
32. Steel RGD, Torrie JH (1980) Principles and procedures of statistics. McGraw Hill, New York
33. Xu JG, Juma NG (1993) Above-and below-ground transformation of photosynthetically fixed carbon by two barley (Hordium vulgare L.) cultivars in a typic cryoboroll. Soil Biol Biochem 25:1263-1272