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Effects of municipal solid waste compost amendments on soil enzyme activities and bacterial genetic diversity
Authors:Carmine Crecchio  Magda Curci  Maria DR Pizzigallo  Patrizia Ricciuti  Pacifico Ruggiero
Institution:Dipartimento di Biologia e Chimica Agroforestale ed Ambientale, Università di Bari, Via Amendola 165/A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Abstract:Municipal solid waste (MSW) composts have been used to maintain the long-term productivity of agroecosystems and to protect the soil environment from overcropping, changes in climatic conditions and inadequate management; they also have the additional benefit of reducing waste disposal costs. Since MSW may contain heavy metals and other toxic compounds, amendments cannot only influence soil fertility, but may also affect the composition and activity of soil microorganisms. The effects of MSW compost and mineral N amendments in a 6-year field trial on some physical-chemical properties, enzyme activities and bacterial genetic diversity of cropped plots (Beta vulgaris-Triticum turgidum rotation) and uncropped plots were investigated. The compost was added at the recommended and twice the recommended dosage (12, 24 t ha−1). Amendments of cropped plots with MSW compost increased the contents of organic C from 13.3 to 15.0 g kg−1 soil and total N from 1.55 to 1.65 g kg−1 soil. There were significant increases in dehydrogenase (9.6%), β-glucosidase (13.5%), urease (15.4%), nitrate reductase (21.4%) and phosphatase (9.7%) activities. A significant reduction in protease activity (from 3.6 to 2.8 U g−1 soil) was measured when a double dose of compost was added to the cropped plots. No dosage effect was detected for the other enzymes. Changes in the microbial community, as a consequence of MSW amendment, were minimal as determined using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, rDNA internal spacer analysis and amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis of bacteria, archaea, actinomycetes, and ammonia oxidizers. This indicates that there was no significant variation in the overall bacterial communities nor in selected taxonomic groups deemed to be essential for soil fertility.
Keywords:Municipal solid waste compost  Soil enzymes  Genetic fingerprinting  Microbial community  Soil fertility
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