Urease Activity and Its Kinetics in Selected Benchmark Soils of Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
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Urease Activity and Its Kinetics in Selected Benchmark Soils of Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
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Ashutosh Kumar, Alok K. Srivastava, Kulandaivelu Velmourougane, Gurjant Singh Sidhu, S.K. Mahapatra, R.S. Singh, A.K. Sahoo, K. Das, T.H. Das, S.K. Reza, T. Bhattacharyya, D. Sarkar, A.K. Sharma
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Soil urease, Enzyme kinetics, Benchmark soils, Soil depth
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A study was undertaken in the established benchmark (BM) soil series in different agro-ecological subregions of Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGPs), India with an objective to assess the urease activity and its kinetics at different soil depths. The urease activity declined with increase in soil depth in all the selectedBMsoils of IGP. The mean urea hydrolysis in the surface horizon (0–30 cm; 8.2 lg NHþ4 /h) was 2.6-folds higher than the sub-surface horizon (121–150 cm; 7.01 lg NHþ4 /h). The enzyme velocity (Vmax) and enzyme efficiency (Km/Vmax) of urease hydrolysis were at par in surface and sub-surface horizons. The average Km value of urease enzyme in surface and subsurface horizons were 4.53 and 3.96 mM, respectively. The coefficient of variation, Km for surface horizons showed higher variability and low affinity of soil urease towards substrate urea than the sub-surface horizon. Negative Pearson’s correlation coefficient was recorded between urease activity and soil depth (R = -0.86), while significant positive correlation was observed between urease activity with organic carbon (R = 0.81) and nitrogen (R = 0.81). Not Available |
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2020-05-13T14:47:56Z
2020-05-13T14:47:56Z 2015-04-01 |
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Article
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Not Available http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/35599 |
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English
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Springer
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