Vermicompost, Phosphorous Nano-Fertiliser and Humic Acid: Their Effect on the Activity of Inorganic Pyrophosphatase Enzyme and its Thermodynamic Parameters
Luma Salih Jabbar Al-Taweel, Ahmed Malik Waheed AlSaadawi
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Abstract
A field experiment was conducted during the autumn season of 2020 in one of the fields of Afak district - Al-Diwaniyah governorate / Iraq to investigate the effect of vermicompost, phosphorous nano-fertiliser and humic acid on the activity of inorganic pyrophosphatase enzyme and its thermodynamic parameters at the flowering and full maturity stages of maize. Randomized Complete Blocks Design was used at three replications. The experimental treatments were 14 treatments, including the control treatment and these treatments consisted of Vermicompost, Humic acid and Phosphorus and Nano-Fertiliser. The results showed that the V treatment had the highest means of inorganic pyrophosphatase enzyme activity (152.5 and 186.9 μg PO4-3-P g-1 soil 5h-1) and the lowest means of Ea (10.34 and 4.72 Kj mole-1) and Q10 (1.162-1.123 and 1.071-1.054) at the flowering and full maturity stages, respectively. The nP2 treatment achieved the highest means of inorganic pyrophosphatase enzyme activity (71.6 and 55.9 μg PO4-3- P g-1 soil 5h-1) at the flowering and full maturity stages, respectively, and the lowest means of Ea (3.54 Kj mole-1) and Q10 (1.053-1.041) at the full maturity stage only. Further, the H1 treatment gave the highest means of inorganic pyrophosphatase enzyme activity (64.5 and 75.9 μg P-nitrophenol g-1 soil 1h-1) and the lowest means of Ea (8.31 and 3.17 Kj mole-1) and Q10 (1.128-1.097 and 1.043-1.033) at flowering and full maturity stages, respectively. Also, the VnP1 and VH1 treatments gave the highest means of inorganic pyrophosphatase enzyme activity (159.0 and 222.3 μg PO4-3-P g-1 soil 5h-1) for both treatments at flowering and maturity stages, respectively, while the H1nP1 and Vnp1 treatments gave the lowest means of Ea (3.72 and 1.59 Kj mole-1) and Q10 (1.056-1.043 and 1.023-1.018) for both treatments at flowering and maturity stages, respectively.
期刊介绍:
Asia, as a whole region, faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well as regional scale and these have to be tackled with a pan-Asian approach. However, the available literature on the subject is generally based on research done in Europe and North America. Therefore, there is an urgent and strong need for an Asian journal with its focus on the region and wherein the region specific problems are addressed in an intelligent manner. In Asia, besides water, there are several other issues related to environment, such as; global warming and its impact; intense land/use and shifting pattern of agriculture; issues related to fertilizer applications and pesticide residues in soil and water; and solid and liquid waste management particularly in industrial and urban areas. Asia is also a region with intense mining activities whereby serious environmental problems related to land/use, loss of top soil, water pollution and acid mine drainage are faced by various communities. Essentially, Asians are confronted with environmental problems on many fronts. Many pressing issues in the region interlink various aspects of environmental problems faced by population in this densely habited region in the world. Pollution is one such serious issue for many countries since there are many transnational water bodies that spread the pollutants across the entire region. Water, environment and pollution together constitute a three axial problem that all concerned people in the region would like to focus on.