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The abundance and activity of the soil microflora were studied in a field experiment with the use of green manure crops to assess the impact of reclamation measures on the biological activity of soils of the solonetz complex. The number of microorganisms in the plow soil horizon increased in the background of the green fallows as compared to the black ones. Coefficients of mineralization, immobilization, and transformation of organic compounds were calculated for different variants of the soil treatment. The value of the mineralization coefficient indicates the intense decomposition of the green manure that entered the soil. In the first year, peas were actively decomposed, while oats, in the second year (aftereffect). The activity of the soil enzymes (invertase, urease, and catalase) was determined. A close relationship between the catalase activity and the intensity of the microbiological processes in the soils was revealed.
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Original Russian Text © L.V. Berezin, O.F. Khamova, E.V. Paderina, A.M. Gindemit, 2014, published in Pochvovedenie, 2014, No. 11, pp. 1349–1355.
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Berezin, L.V., Khamova, O.F., Paderina, E.V. et al. Impact of reclamation treatment on the biological activity of soils of the solonetz complex in Western Siberia. Eurasian Soil Sc. 47, 1138–1143 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229314110039
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