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Assessment of Waste-Derived Biochars on the Health and Biological Activity of Soil
Published on: October 10, 2025
[Effect of acid rain, copper, and atrazine on soil hydrolase activity]
Guangshen Liu1, Dongmei Xu, Kebin Li
1Environmental Science Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China. liugs@mail.hz.zj.cn
Abstract:
The effects of acid rain, Cu2+ and atrazine on the activities of soil urease, invertase and acid phosphatase were studied by means of orthogonal test. The results showed that the inhibition rate was H+ > Cu2+, and atrazine had no significant influence on urease and intertase. Interaction analysis revealed that Cu x atrazine exhibited synergism on soil acid phosphatase activity, Cu x H had antagonism on soil invertase and urease, but atrazine x H had no interaction within the investigated concentration range. Among the three enzymes, soil acid phosphatase was the most sensitive one to the contaminations.
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