Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment · 2024
Soil extracellular enzyme activity increases during the transition from conventional to organic farming
Serrano-Grijalva, L., van der Putten, W. H., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Margenot, A. J., van Rijssel, S. Q., Koorneef, G. J., Veen, G. C.
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C-cycling enzyme activity
↑ 11
- increase
organic management vs. conventional managementp = 0.042 · 5–15 cm · June–July 2017 · arable fields located in the Netherlands · Air-dried non-incubated samples; all soil types/crops. Response especially apparent in sandy soils; no separate sand pairwise p assigned.
Source · p. 4 “The activity of C-cycling enzymes tended to be higher under organic management, but the effects slightly varied with incubation”
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