EFFECT OF EARTHWORMS ON MOLYBDENUM-DEPENDING ACTIVITIES

Authors
TOMATI U GALLI E PASETTI L
Citation
U. Tomati et al., EFFECT OF EARTHWORMS ON MOLYBDENUM-DEPENDING ACTIVITIES, Biology and fertility of soils, 23(4), 1996, pp. 359-361
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Soil Science
Journal title
Biology and fertility of soils → ACNP
ISSN journal
01782762
Volume
23
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
359 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
0178-2762(1996)23:4<359:EOEOMA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Pot experiments performed in an alkaline, silty clay soil showed that the presence of Allolobophora caliginosa increased nitrate reductase a ctivity in maize seedlings and nitrogen fixation in the soil, but did not affect photosynthesis and biomass of maize seedlings and oxygen co nsumption in the soil. The increase in molybdenum-depending activities is ascribed to the greater availability of molybdenum recorded in the presence of earthworms.