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Effect of pencycuron on microbial parameters of waterlogged soil

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The metabolically activated microbial population was more suppressed compared to the dormant population and the DCM amendment did not seem to have any counteractive effect on the toxicity of pencycuron on the microbial variables.
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A laboratory study was conducted to monitor the effect of pencycuron [1-(4-chlorobenzyl)-1-cyclopentyl-3-phenylurea] on microbial parameters of alluvial (AL) soil (Typic udifluvent) and coastal saline (CS) soil (Typic endoaquept) under waterlogged condition. Pencycuron at field rate (FR), 2FR and 10FR affected the microbial biomass C (MBC), soil ergosterol content and fluorescein diacetate hydrolyzing activity (FDHA) differentially. The DCM amendment did not seem to have any counteractive effect on the toxicity of pencycuron on the microbial variables. The change in microbial metabolic quotient (qCO2) and microbial respiration quotient (QR), indicated pencycuron induced disturbance at 10FR. Present study revealed that the metabolically activated microbial population was more suppressed compared to the dormant population.

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Fluorescein diacetate as a stain of metabolically active bacteria in soil [garden soil, sandy soil, sand dune soil, mull, soil from Pinus, Picea and Fagus forest, fluorescence technique, acridine orange staining, fluorescein isothiocyanate staining, plate counts]

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