The effect of burning on soil enzyme activities in natural grasslands in southern India |
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| Authors: | Kurunthachalam Senthilkumar Sellamuthu Manian Karuthamuthu Udaiyan |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Botany, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore-641046, Tamil Nadu, India;(2) Present address: Department of Environment Conservation, Ehime University, Tarumi 3-5-7, 790 Matsuyama, Japan |
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| Abstract: | Soil amylase, cellulase, invertase and phosphatase activities were determined following wildfire in a savanna type grassland in southern India. Activities of these enzymes increased substanially in burned soils compared to those in adjacent unburned soils. Surface soil (0–10 cm) exhibited a greater increase in enzyme activities than subsurface soil (10–20 cm). Amylase activity was more pronounced following fire than the other enzyme activities. |
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| Keywords: | burning enzyme fire grassland microbes soil |
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