Impact of land-use change on proteolytic activity of mountain meadows

Valerie Vranová, Pavel Formánek, Klement Rejšek and Marián Pavelka
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Valerie Vranová: Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic
Pavel Formánek: Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic
Klement Rejšek: Department of Geology and Soil Science, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno, Czech Republic
Marián Pavelka: Institute of Systems Biology and Ecology, Laboratory of Plants Ecological Physiology, Brno, Czech Republic

Soil and Water Research, 2009, vol. 4, issue 3, 122-125

Abstract: Casein-protease activity assessed at 50°C and with adjustment of optimum pH conditions (PA), and casein-protease activity near soil pH and at field soil temperature (LPA) were studied one vegetation period in mountain meadow soils covered with moderately mown vegetation, and over which vegetation had been abandoned for thirteen years. PA peaked in the first part of the vegetation season whereas LPA increased throughout the season; in addition, LPA was not linearly related to temperature (r = 0.127 resp. 0.312; P > 0.05). The combined effect of field soil temperature and pH decreased a casein-protease activity by > 98.4%. A management of meadows had no significant (P > 0.05) effect on PA and LPA.

Keywords: mountain meadows; management; casein-protease; soil; temperature (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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