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Transformation of corn plant residues in loamy and sandy substrates

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The mineralization and humification dynamics of corn plant residues in loamy and sandy substrates have been studied under laboratory conditions. It has been shown that the dynamics are determined by the undulating development laws of the microbial community under constant temperature and moisture conditions. At the same time, the intensity and final results of the processes significantly differ depending on the composition and properties of the mineral substrate. The loss of Corg during the mineralization and the content of newly formed humic substances reached the maximum values a month after the beginning of the experiment. The mineralization is more intensive in sand at the early stages, and the humification is more active in loam throughout the incubation period. The loamy substrate has better protective properties compared to the sand; therefore, it favors the accumulation of significant amounts of fulvic acids (FAs), along with humic acids (HAs), and causes the relative fulvatization of the humic substances. It has been found using densimetric fractionation and Fourier IR spectroscopy that the different mineralogy of the fractions results in differences in the chemical composition of the formed mineral-organic compounds of newly formed humic substances, mainly due to carboxyl and nitrogen-containing groups. The similarity of the humification products in the heavy fractions of the loamy and sandy substrates has been revealed.

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Original Russian Text © A.N. Mal’tseva, B.N. Zolotareva, D.L. Pinskii, 2013, published in Pochvovedenie, 2013, No. 10, pp. 1239–1252.

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Mal’tseva, A.N., Zolotareva, B.N. & Pinskii, D.L. Transformation of corn plant residues in loamy and sandy substrates. Eurasian Soil Sc. 47, 466–477 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229314050147

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