Effect of elevated O3 on rhizospheric enzymatic activities of ozone sensitive and tolerant wheat cultivars

Autor: Madhoolika Agrawal, Adeeb Fatima, Shashi Bhushan Agrawal, Aditya Abha Singh
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science. 64:1768-1776
ISSN: 1476-3567
0365-0340
DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2018.1448929
Popis: Tropospheric ozone (O3) is considered harmful to agriculture production and soil community. Wheat cultivars HD 2987 (O3 sensitive) and Kharchiya 65 (O3 tolerant) were grown under ambient and elevated (ambient + 30 ppb) levels of O3 (EO) using open top chambers, and microbial biomass and enzymatic activities were investigated in soil rhizosphere. Elevated O3 declined soil enzymatic activities related to carbon cycling viz. β-glucosidase, cellobiohydrolase, cellulase and amylase more in sensitive cultivar compared to tolerant. Enzymatic activities linked to nitrogen cycling like N-acetyl-glucosaminidase and urease decreased while protease and glycine aminopeptidase increased. Microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen declined more in sensitive cultivar by 11.1 and 21.2%, respectively. Root biomass reduced in wheat cultivars with an increase of their phenolics contents by 34.3 and 10.2% in HD 2987 and Kharchiya 65, respectively at 60 days after germination. Non-significant changes were observed in soil o...
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