THE EFFECTS OF TOPOSEQUENCES ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND UREASE ACTIVITIES
Abstract
The main objectives of this study were (i) to determine physico-chemical properties of six different soils (ii) to measure the range and degree of urease activities, (iii) to evaluate the influence of soil physico-chemical properties on urease activities in the both sides of the £ankiri-Acifay River associated with specific landforms and different slope gradient. While right side soils of the Acifay River are formed on quaternary alluvial deposits that find on terrace and floodplain, left side soils formed from quaternary alluvium, alluvial-collivial material and oligo-miocene gypsum and salt strata located on floodplain, terrace and steep lands respectively. Soil properties data of both sides of Acifay River soils indicated significantly differences each other in terms of pedogenic processes which have been shaped by landscape position and parent material. According to soil taxonomy, 6 different soils were determined and classified as Entisol, Inceptisol and Mollisol along transect. In addition, it was found that changes of landscape positions associated with erosion and organic matter content can alter the soil urease activities within the soil profile and along different slope.
About the Authors
R. . Kizilkaya
Ondokuz Mayis University; Agrobigen R&D Ltd.Co. Samsun Technopark
Turkey
Turkey
O. . Dengiz
Ondokuz Mayis University
Turkey
Turkey
M. . Kussainova
Kazakh Research Institute of Soil Science and Agrochemistry after U.U. Uspanov
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
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Kizilkaya R., Dengiz O., Kussainova M. THE EFFECTS OF TOPOSEQUENCES ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND UREASE ACTIVITIES. Soil Science and Agrichemistry. 2017;(4):5-15. (In Russ.)
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