Overview
- Concerns multiple aspects of applied soil enzymology and molecular biology and their ecological and environmental relevance
- Emphasizes the importance of soil enzymes on soil processes
- Describes the application of molecular techniques as diagnostic tools
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)
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Soil enzymes play a fundamental role in many soil processes such as the mineralization of organic matter, the synthesis of humic substances, the degradation of xenobiotics or the mechanisms involved in the biocontrol of plant pathogens. Their direct link with soil microorganisms gives them a key role as biomonitors of the evolution of soil quality or in the monitoring of the application of organic amendments to degraded soils. As a consequence of the importance of soil enzymes on soil processes, there is an increasing interest in their study, as well as in the application of molecular techniques as diagnostic tools.
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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ENZYMES AS INDICATORS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL QUALITY
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APPLIED ENZYMOLOGY TO RECYCLE ORGANIC RESIDUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration
Editors: Carmen Trasar-Cepeda, Teresa Hernández, Carlos García, Carlos Rad, Salvador González-Carcedo
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21162-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-21161-4Published: 01 October 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-27025-3Published: 29 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-21162-1Published: 30 September 2011
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 352
Topics: Soil Science & Conservation, Sustainable Development, Nature Conservation