Effect of soil microstructure on the relationship between the intensity of nitrification and soil moisture
Language English Country United States Media print
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
511032
DOI
10.1007/bf02927179
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- MeSH
- Bacteria metabolism MeSH
- Nitrates metabolism MeSH
- Nitrites metabolism MeSH
- Soil analysis MeSH
- Soil Microbiology * MeSH
- Particle Size MeSH
- Water analysis MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Nitrates MeSH
- Nitrites MeSH
- Soil MeSH
- Water MeSH
The relationship between the logarithm of nitrification intensity and moisture (expressed as pF) did not have an ideal linear course in structural soils in which pores of a certain size predominated. When increasing the incubation moisture it could be observed that the intensity of nitrification decreases at pF 3.5-4.4 and increases again on further increasing the incubation moisture. The detected anomaly was observed when applying moistures corresponding to peaks of derivation pF-curves. It can be assumed that the relationship between the intensity of nitrification and moisture is modified by soil microstructure; therefore, this relationship was studied in more detail in the present communication.
