Polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase activity of sod-podzolic soils under the impact of the emissions of a plant producing construction materials

  • Elena A. Samusik International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus
  • Tatsiana P. Marchyk Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, 22 Ažeshka Street, Grodno 230023, Belarus
  • Sergey E. Golovatyi International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus

Abstract

The paper presents the ecological significance of the diagnosis of the biological condition of soils, which is one of the informative criteria for assessing the level of anthropogenic load. The aim of the work is to quantify the polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase activity in sod-podzolic soils in the area affected by emissions of the enterprise for the production of building materials (for example, JSC “Krasnoselskstroymaterialy”). The main part of the work presents the results of the analysis of the reaction of soils of forest and agricultural lands, the values of the activity of soil oxidoreductases. In 42 % of the studied soil samples the pH values were shifted to the slightly alkaline (pH>7.0) and alkaline regions (pH>7.5). This reaction of the soil environment is associated with the spread of cement dust and, in turn, the accumulation of calcium carbonate in the surface horizons. Revealed depressed activity of the oxidative enzymes as you get closer to the source of pollution. For the studied sod-podzolic soils, a conditional humus accumulation coefficient was calculated, which decreases as it approaches the source of pollution in the North-Eastern direction, which indicates the creation of more unfavorable conditions for humus accumulation. The statistically significant influence of the reaction of the soil environment on the studied enzymes by the negative relationship is noted, which justifies the need for further study of the influence of factors of different nature on the biological activity of the soil in the conditions of industrial (cement) pollution. These indicators of biological activity can be used as additional biochemical characteristics of the potential ability of accumulation of humus and serve as a predictive indicator of changes in environmental parameters.

Author Biographies

Elena A. Samusik, International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus

Postgraduate student at the department of environmental monitoring and management.

Tatsiana P. Marchyk, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, 22 Ažeshka Street, Grodno 230023, Belarus

PhD (biology); associate professor at the department of ecology.

Sergey E. Golovatyi, International Sakharov Environmental Institute, Belarusian State University, 23/1 Daйhabrodskaja Street, Minsk 220070, Belarus

Doctor of science (agriculture), full professor; head of the department of environmental monitoring and management.

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Published
2020-04-13
Keywords: cement pollution, sod-podzolic soils, soil reaction, enzymatic activity, polyphenoloxidase, peroxidase, conditional biochemical coefficient of humus accumulation
How to Cite
Samusik, E. A., Marchyk, T. P., & Golovatyi, S. E. (2020). Polyphenol oxidase and peroxidase activity of sod-podzolic soils under the impact of the emissions of a plant producing construction materials. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology, 3, 65-79. Retrieved from https://journals.bsu.by/index.php/ecology/article/view/2983
Issue
No 3 (2019): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology
Section
Industrial and Agricultural Ecology

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