Long-term management effects on organic C and N pools and activities of C-transforming enzymes in prairie soils

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 335-341

  Katsalirou, Eirini ^a   Deng, Shiping ^b   Nofziger, David L ^b   Gerakis, Argyrios ^a  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulase; Cultivation; Galactosidases; Glucosidases; Grazing; Invertase

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956268636     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Acosta-Martinez V., Acosta-Mercado D., Sotomayor-Ramirez D., Cruz-Rodriguez L. Microbial communities and enzymatic activities under different management in semiarid soils. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2008, 38:249-260.
2. Anderson T.-H., Domsch K.H. Ratios of microbial biomass carbon to total organic carbon in arable soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1989, 21:471-479.
3. Banergee M.R., Burton D.L., McCaughey W.P., Grant C.A. Influence of pasture management on soil biological quality. J. Range Manage. 2000, 53:127-133.
4. Brookes P.C., Kragt J.F., Powlson D.S., Jenkinson D.S. Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitrogen: the effects of fumigation time and temperature. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1985, 17:831-835.
5. Caldwell B.A. Enzyme activities as a component of soil biodiversity: a review. Pedobiologia. 2005, 49:637-644.
6. Caldwell B.A., Griffiths R.P., Sollins P. Soil enzyme response to vegetation disturbance in two lowland Costa Rican soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1999, 31:1603-1608.
7. Callaway R.M., Thelen G.C., Rodriguez A., Holben W.E. Soil biota and exotic plant invasion. Nature 2004, 427:731-733.
8. Carpenter-Boggs L., Stahl P.D., Lindstrom M.J., Schumacher T.E. Soil microbial properties under permanent grass, conventional tillage, and no-till management in South Dakota. Soil Till. Res. 2003, 71:15-23.
9. Casida L.E., Klein D.A., Elliot E.T. Soil dehydrogenase activity. Soil Sci. 1964, 98:371-378.
10. Conant R.T., Paustian K., Elliot E.T. Grassland management and conversion into grasslands: effects on soil carbon. Ecol. Appl. 2001, 11:343-355.
11. Dick W.A. Influence of long-term tillage and crop rotation combinations on soil enzyme activities. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 1984, 48:569-574.
12. Eivasi F., Tabatabai M.A. Glucosidases and galactosidases in soils. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1988, 20:601-606.
13. Frankenberger W.T., Johanson J.B. Method of measuring invertase activity in soils. Plant Soil 1983, 74:301-311.
14. Fuhlendorf S.D., Zhang H., Tunnell T.R., Engle D.M., Cross A.F. Effects of grazing on restoration of southern mixed prairie soils. Restoration Ecol. 2002, 10:401-407.
15. Gleixner G., Poirier N., Bol R., Balesdent J. Molecular dynamics of organic matter in a cultivated soil. Org. Geochem. 2006, 33:357-366.
16. Guggenberger G., Frey S.D., Six J., Paustian K., Elliott E.T. Bacterial and fungal cell-wall residues in conventional and no-tillage agroecosystems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 1999, 63:1188-1198.
17. Hamilton E.W., Frank D.A. Can plants stimulate soil microbes and their own nutrient supply? evidence from a grazing tolerant grass. Ecology 2001, 82:2397-2402.
18. Haynes R.J. Labile organic matter fractions as central components of the quality of agricultural soils: an overview. Adv. Agron. 2005, 85:221-268.
19. Haynes R.J., Williams P.H. Nutrient cycling and soil fertility in the grazed pasture ecosystem. Adv. Agron. 1993, 49:119-199.
20. Holland E.A., Coleman D.C. Litter placement effects on microbial and organic matter dynamics in an agroecosystem. Ecology 1987, 68:425-433.
21. Katsalirou E., Deng S., Nofziger D.L., Gerakis A., Fuhlendorf S.D. Spatial structure of microbial biomass and activity in prairie soil ecosystems. Eur. J. Soil Biol. 2010, 46:181-189.
22. Muhammad S., Muller T., Joergensen R.G. Decomposition of pea and maize straw in Pakistani soils along a gradient in salinity. Biol. Fertil. Soils 2006, 43:93-101.
23. Pancholy S.K., Rice E.L. Carbohydrases in soil as affected by successional stages of revegetation. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 1973, 37:227-229.
24. Sankaran M., Augustine D.J. Large herbivores suppress decomposer abundance in a semiarid grazing ecosystem. Ecology 2004, 85:1052-1061.
25. Schuman G.E., Reeder J.D., Manley J.T., Hart R.H., Manley W.A. Impact of grazing management on the carbon and nitrogen balance of a mixed-grass rangeland. Ecol. Appl. 1999, 9:65-71.
26. Skujins J.J. Extracellular enzymes in soil. Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 1976, 4:383-421.
27. Subedi K.D., Ma B.L., Liang B.C. New method to estimate root biomass in soil through root-derived carbon. Soil Biol. Biochem. 2006, 38:2212-2218.
28. Stark C., Condron L.M., Stewart A., Di H.J., Callaghan M.O. Influence of organic and mineral amendments on microbial soil properties and processes. Appl. Soil Ecol. 2007, 35:79-93.
29. Tracy B.F., Frank D.A. Herbivore influence on soil microbial biomass and nitrogen mineralization in a northern grassland ecosystem: yellowstone national park. Oecologia 1998, 114:556-562.
30. Vance E.D., Brookes P.C., Jenkinson D.S. An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass C. Soil Biol. Biochem. 1987, 19:703-707.