β-glucosidase activity in pasture soils

Benjamin L. Turner; David W. Hopkins; Philip M. Haygarth; Nick Ostle

doi:10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00020-3

β-glucosidase activity in pasture soils

Benjamin L. Turner^*, David W. Hopkins, Philip M. Haygarth, Nick Ostle

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	157-162
Number of pages	6
Journal	Applied Soil Ecology
Volume	20
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0929-1393(02)00020-3
Publication status	Print publication - 2002
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

β-Glucosidase
Carbon
Grassland
Microbial biomass
Soil
Soil quality

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β-glucosidase activity in pasture soils

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