ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Biological Activity of Grey-Brown Podzolic Soil
Organically Fertilized for Maize Cultivation
in Monoculture
A. Wolna-Maruwka, A. Niewiadomska, J. Klama
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Department of Agricultural Microbiology, University of Life Sciences in Poznań,
Szydłowska 50, 60-656 Poznań, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2009;18(5):931-939
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ABSTRACT
Our studies utilize enzymatic indicators and microorganism numbers for the estimation of soil environment
reaction to the applied differentiation of organic fertilizers and maize (Zea mays L.) cultivation.
The experiment had a field character. In different terms connected with the development of maize, the
activities of, dehydrogenases and acid phosphatase were determined in the soil. The number of microorganisms
(bacteria, actinomyces, fungi, oligotrophic, copiotrophic microorganisms) was determined by the plate
method, on adequate agar substrates. Activity levels of the selected enzymes were defined using the spectrometrical
method. The obtained results show that applied organic fertilization, as well as the cultivation of soil,
had a significant effect on the activity of the analyzed soil enzymes.
It was found that dehydrogenases and acid phosphatase activity at the time of the experiment was the
highest after the introduction into the soil of sewage sludge (5 tons d.m.·ha-1·year-1).