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Practical Handbook on Agricultural Microbiology pp 377–385Cite as

Enzymatic Analyses in Soils

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Soil enzymes are included in the process of decomposition of the organic matter. The essential virtue of using enzyme assays for soil is that they are comparatively simple and mostly available analytical methods. However, since enzyme analysis results vary with the biological chemical, physical properties of soils, analytical methods may not reflect the true results. With the developing technology, the enzyme analysis methods used in soil enzyme analysis should be updated with new methods. The purpose of this section is to procure information regarding current methods that can be determined with new technologies in soil enzyme analysis.

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  1. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey

    Serdar Bilen

  2. Department of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agriculture, Bingöl University, Bingöl, Turkey

    Veysel Turan

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  1. Uka Tarsadia University, Surat, Gujarat, India

    Natarajan Amaresan

  2. Uka Tarsadia University, Surat, Gujarat, India

    Prittesh Patel

  3. Uka Tarsadia University, Surat, Gujarat, India

    Dhruti Amin

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Bilen, S., Turan, V. (2022). Enzymatic Analyses in Soils. In: Amaresan, N., Patel, P., Amin, D. (eds) Practical Handbook on Agricultural Microbiology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1724-3_50

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