Post-cold-storage conditioning time affects soil denitrifying enzyme activity

TY - JOUR

T1 - Post-cold-storage conditioning time affects soil denitrifying enzyme activity

AU - Chirinda, Ngonidzashe

AU - Olesen, Jørgen Eivind

AU - Porter, John Roy

PY - 2011/1

Y1 - 2011/1

N2 - Soil denitrifying enzyme activity (DEA) is often assessed after cold storage. Previous studies using the short-term acetylene inhibition method have not considered conditioning time (post-cold-storage warm-up time prior to soil analysis) as a factor influencing results. We observed fluctuations in DEA following cold storage, suggesting a need to consider conditioning time when planning and interpreting results.

AB - Soil denitrifying enzyme activity (DEA) is often assessed after cold storage. Previous studies using the short-term acetylene inhibition method have not considered conditioning time (post-cold-storage warm-up time prior to soil analysis) as a factor influencing results. We observed fluctuations in DEA following cold storage, suggesting a need to consider conditioning time when planning and interpreting results.

U2 - 10.1080/00103624.2011.596244

DO - 10.1080/00103624.2011.596244

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0010-3624

VL - 42

SP - 2160

EP - 2167

JO - Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

JF - Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

IS - 17

ER -