INFLUENCE OF THE SUPPLY OF LUVISOL SANDY LOAM SOIL WITH EXCHANGEABLE MAGNESIUM ON ITS BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY AND THE YIELD OF CROPS

Abstract

Microbiological and enzymatic research has been conducted in the field experiment modeling different supply of Luvisol sandy loam soil with exchangeable magnesium (71, 84, 137, 172, 181 and 243 mg/kg) and even exchangeable acidity. It’s established that within the diapason of 70–170 Mg2+ content in soil and with NPK-fertilization it’s observed the increase of soil microbial biomass, metabolic activity of microbial communities, intensity of the main microbiological processes which regulate soil fertility – ammonification, carbonhydrates mineralization and plant residues humification. The rise of Mg2+ concentration up to 180 mg/kg results in the retarding of microbiological and enzymatic processes in soil. When the concentration of Mg2+ in soil is up to 243 mg/kg the depression of the mentioned processes is observed. The established dependences are con-firmed by the data on the yields of maize and barley.