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Wyszkowska J. , Kucharski J. 2003. EFFECT OF SOIL CONTAMINATION WITH COPPER ON ITS ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES, EJPAU 6(2), #08.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume6/issue2/environment/abs-08.html

ABSTRACT

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of soil contamination with copper (0 – 1200 mg kg^-1 of soil) on its enzymatic activity and physicochemical properties. An attempt was undertaken to establish a possibility of the application of actinomycetes spores Streptomyces odorifer and Streptomyces viridis in detoxication of such soils. A pot experiment was conducted in two types of soil: leached brown soil formed from light loamy sand and leached brown soil formed from light loam. The experimental plant was spring barley.

Key words: soil contamination with copper, activity of dehydrogenases, urease, acid and alkaline phosphatase, physicochemical properties..

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