Soil biochemical properties shaping soil fertility and agro-ecosystem productivity depend on the reduced tillage system dose method of application fertilizer; therefore, research hypothesis put forward proposes that under conditions, subsurface a multi-component mineral fertilizer would increase enzymatic activity, thus favourably influencing biodiversity environment. The objective three-year s...

Chronic wasting disease (CWD) and scrapie can be transmitted through indirect environmental routes, possibly via soil, and a practical decontamination strategy for prion-contaminated soil is currently unavailable. In the laboratory, an enzymatic treatment under environmentally relevant conditions (22°C, pH 7.4) can degrade soil-bound PrPSc below the limits of Western blot detection. We develope...

The results of many years research on the individual and complex effects biologically active substances structural state enzymatic activity calcic chernozem – humic preparation Lignohumate microbiological fertilizer “Baikal-EM” are presented. It was found that contribute to an increase in activity, humus content improvement soil structure. When both preparations applied directly soil, maximum e...

Conservation Agriculture includes practices focused on the conservation and restoration of main soil features, such as organic carbon content, structure, biological diversity activity. Our study was conducted in three farms North-Eastern Italy pairs closely located fields to compare agriculture (no tillage, cover cropping) with conventional agriculture. Differences terms enzymatic activity, FDA...

The present study aimed at evaluating the dissipation of S-metolachlor (S-MET) at three doses in maize growing on diverse physico-chemical properties of soil. The effect of herbicide on dehydrogenase (DHA) and acid phosphatase (ACP) activity was estimated. A modified QuEChERS method using LC-MS/MS has been developed. The limit of quantification (0.001 mg kg-1) and detection (0.0005 mg kg-1) wer...

Proteolytic enzymes are key signaling molecules in both normal physiological processes and various diseases. After synthesis, protease activity is tightly controlled. Consequently, levels of protease messenger RNA and protein often are not good indicators of total protease activity. To more accurately assign function to new proteases, investigators require methods that can be used to detect and...