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Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration

By Carlos Garcia , Paolo Nannipieri , Loretta Landi (auth.) , Carmen Trasar-Cepeda , Teresa Hernández , Carlos Rad , Salvador González-Carcedo (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
978-3-642-21161-4, 978-3-642-21162-1
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-21162-1
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6028462 bytes)
Series
Environmental Science and Engineering
Edition
1
Pages
352\355
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-22 16:51:40
Soil Science & Conservation; Sustainable Developme

Description

Soil enzymes play a fundamental role in many soil processes such as the mineralization of organic matter, the synthesis of humic substances, the degradation of xenobiotics or the mechanisms involved in the biocontrol of plant pathogens. Their direct link with soil microorganisms gives them a key role as biomonitors of the evolution of soil quality or in the monitoring of the application of organic amendments to degraded soils. As a consequence of the importance of soil enzymes on soil processes, there is an increasing interest in their study, as well as in the application of molecular techniques as diagnostic tools.

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