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Table 7 Impact of biochar application on soil enzymatic activity in conditions of salt stress

From: Biochar enhances the growth and physiological characteristics of Medicago sativa, Amaranthus caudatus and Zea mays in saline soils

Plant

Treatments

Urease (NH4/g of soil/h)

Invertase (µgglucose·g −1 soil·h −1)

Catalase (mL KMnO4 g − 1 soil h − 1)

Medicago sativa

Control

2.37 ± 0.01b

2.61 ± 0.01e

3.09 ± 0.02f

Biochar

3.90 ± 0.01a

3.17 ± 0.01d

3.94 ± 0.04e

Amaranthus caudatus

Control

2.30 ± 0.01c

6.21 ± 0.03b

8 ± 0.05b

Biochar

3.51 ± 0.01b

7 ± 0.02a

8.97 ± 0.02a

Zea mays

Control

2.10 ± 0.01d

4.12 ± 0.01c

4 ± 0.02d

Biochar

2.78 ± 0.01b

4.82 ± 0.01c

4.83 ± 0.02c

  1. *Significant at p < 0.05, ** significant at p < 0.01, *** significant at p < 0.001; ns, non-significant at p > 0.05 according to two way ANOVA. a, b Means followed by different letters vertically (in the same column) are significantly different according to DMRTs