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[Relationship between soil enzyme activities and trace element contents in Eucalyptus plantation soil]
Yuelin Li1, Shaolin Peng, Zhihui Li
1South China Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China. yuelin@scib.ac.cn
Abstract:
Canonical correlation analysis on soil enzyme activities and trace element contents in Eucalyptus plantation soil showed that among the test elements, only Zn and Mn affected enzyme activity. Both Zn and Mn increased soil proteinase activity. Zn decreased the activities of soil urease and peroxidase, while Mn promoted them. "Integral soil enzyme factor" could be used as an index of soil fertility. Together with other growth factors, this index should be considered when evaluating soil fertility of Eucalyptus forest sites. It also had a definite significance on the division of Eucalyptus soil families.