Influence of plant residues after steam-treatment with high temperature and pressure on soil microbial biomass C and N, water-soluble C and N, and pH
2005
Ushiwata, S.Y.(Chiba Univ., Matsudo (Japan). Faculty of Horticulture) | Inubushi, K.
Steam-treated grass trimmings (GrT), and wooden chips of pine (PnT) and walnut branches (WnT) or non-treated grass trimmings (GrNoT) and wooden chips of pine (PnNoT) and walnut branches (WnNoT) were mixed with soil (S) and then incubated for 10 weeks to measure microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN), water-soluble C (WSC) and N (WSN), and soil pH. The results showed that there were a larger amount of MBC and WSC in steam-treated samples, principally in early period. It was probably due to the steam-treatment facilitating solubilization of organic C that served with substrate for microbial biomass. In grass trimming, the MBN and WSN had differences between treated and non-treated. No such differences in wooden chips was probably because the low total N content in these plants. The higher value of WSN showed in S+GnNoT showed more potential of nitrate pollution. The steam-treatment did not influence on soil pH after 1 week of incubation.
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