Soil Enzymology in the Recycling of Organic Wastes and Environmental Restoration

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Past, Present and Future in Soil Enzymology....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Role of Humo-Enzyme Complexes in Restoring of Soil Ecosystems....Pages 21-35
IEF Technique to Study the β -Glucosidase-Humic Complexes in Organic and Mineral Amended Soils....Pages 37-49
Enzymatic Activity and Carbon Mineralization in Mexican Tepetates Cultivated Under Different Management Practices....Pages 51-62
Enzyme Diversity in Andosols of the Canary Islands (Spain)....Pages 63-76
Biochemical Characterisation of Minimally Disturbed Soils Under Mediterranean Conditions....Pages 77-89
Seasonal Evolution of Soil Dehydrogenase Activity at Two Different Depths in an Eucalyptus Stand and a Cultivated Field....Pages 91-102
Effects of Air-Drying and Rewetting on Extractable Organic Carbon, Microbial Biomass, Soil Respiration and β -Glucosidase and β -Galactosidase Activities of Minimally Disturbed Soils Under Mediterranean Conditions....Pages 103-118
Temporal Variability and the Effect of Fertilization on Biochemical Properties of a Grassland Soil from Galicia (NW Spain)....Pages 119-132
Short-Term Effect of Fire Severity in Chemical and Biochemical Soil Properties in a Sandy Soil....Pages 133-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Use of Microbial Activity and Community Structure Shifts to Estimate the Toxicological Risk of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soils with Different Organic Matter Contents....Pages 149-166
Progress in Microbial Activity and Chemical Properties of a Trace Element Polluted Soil Under Assisted Natural Remediation....Pages 167-179
Changes in Some Hydrolase Activities in Agricultural Soils in Response to Zinc Contamination....Pages 181-193
Evaluation of the Biological Activity in a Gypsiferous Soil Co-Amended with Residues....Pages 195-210
Evaluating the Restoration of Degraded Agricultural Soils Under Organic Fertilization....Pages 211-218
Laboratory Contamination with 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol: Effects on Some Enzymatic Activities in Two Forest and Two Agricultural Soils of Contrasting pH....Pages 219-229
Temporal Changes in Some Enzymatic Activities in a Forest and an Agricultural Soils Artificially Contaminated with 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol....Pages 231-240
Response of Biological Properties to the Application of Banvel ® (2,4-D + MCPA + Dicamba) Herbicide in Soils Amended with Biostimulants....Pages 241-253
Effect of Natural Vegetation Strips and Herbicides on Enzyme Activities and Bacterial Diversity in Olive-Orchard Systems....Pages 255-270
Amendment of Soils with Composted Sewage Sludge. Long Term Effects on C and N Transformation....Pages 271-282
Front Matter....Pages 283-283
Fingerprinting the Microbial Communities in Organic Wastes Using Oligonucleotide Microarrays and Real-Time PCR....Pages 285-298
Hydrolases Activities of Extracted Humic Substances During Vermicomposting of Damaged Tomatoes Wastes Using a Continuous-Supplying System....Pages 299-309
L-glutaminase Activity of Organic Amendments....Pages 311-323
Effect of DOR Incubated with Saprobe Fungi on Hydrolytic Enzymes Activities and Chemical Properties of Rhizospheric Soil of Lettuce....Pages 325-337
Soil Microbial Population Changes in Soil Biodisinfection Process....Pages 339-350