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Turner, B. L., Hopkins, D. W., Haygarth, P. M. and Ostle, N. J. 2002. Beta-glucosidase activity in pasture soils. Applied Soil Ecology. 20 (2), pp. 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00020-3
Authors | Turner, B. L., Hopkins, D. W., Haygarth, P. M. and Ostle, N. J. |
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Abstract | β-Glucosidase is involved in the degradation of cellulose in soils and has potential for monitoring biological soil quality. We assayed β-glucosidase activity in 29 permanent grassland soils from England and Wales with contrasting physico-chemical and biological properties (clay content 22–68%; total carbon 29–80 mg g−1; microbial carbon 412–3412 μg g−1). Substrate induced β-glucosidase activity ranged between 1.12 and 6.12 μmol para-nitrophenol g−1 soil h−1 and was positively correlated with concentrations of clay, total carbon and microbial carbon. This suggests that substrate-induced β-glucosidase activity is an integrative measure of physico-chemical and biological soil properties and may have applications in monitoring biological soil quality. |
Year of Publication | 2002 |
Journal | Applied Soil Ecology |
Journal citation | 20 (2), pp. 157-162 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00020-3 |
Open access | Published as non-open access |
Funder project or code | Delivering Sustainable Systems (SS) [ISPG] |
Soil Science and Environmental Quality (SSEQ) | |
Project: 2430 4531 | |
Project: NT 1032 | |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 17 Mar 2002 |
Publisher | Elsevier Science Bv |
Copyright license | Publisher copyright |
ISSN | 0929-1393 |
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