Pyrophosphate retention and half-life values, and pyrophosphatase activity, were determined in 24 organic soil materials containing < 20% ash. Pyrophosphate retention was correlated with ash content (r = 0,876**) but still was weak. Pyrophosphatase activity (11,6 to 148,1 mmol.kg('-1).2h('-1)) was higher in virgin than in cultivated materials and was promoted apparently by nonspecific acid phosphatases. The interaction between water-soluble pyrophosphate and pyrophosphatase activity explained 77% of the variation in log-transformed half-life values ranging from 0,1 to 3,7 days. Copper decreased significantly pyrophosphatase activity. However, pyrophosphate hydrolysis rate was not affected significantly by Cu contents up to 1177 mg.kg('-1) in humic materials. Because of rapid rates of pyrophosphate hydrolysis in humic and mesic materials compared with rate of P uptake by onions, no significant difference in bulb yield and P uptake were obtained at harvest between pyrophosphate and orthophosphate fertilizers.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.71937 |
| Date | January 1984 |
| Creators | Parent, Léon-Etienne. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Renewable Resources.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000196960, proquestno: AAINK66681, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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