Effect of new lines of winter wheat on microbiological activity in Luvisol

Abstract

The study presented in this paper was conducted under the conditions of a field experiment. Microbiological analy-ses were made at various stages of winter wheat plants development ie heading, milk ripeness and full ripeness. The objective of the study was to acquire knowledge on the effect of cultivation of various lines of winter wheat on the numbers of bacteria and fungi with proteolytic capabilities, on protease and urease activity, and on the rate of the processes of ammonification and nitrification. The results of conducted study demonstrated that the number of proteolytic bacteria and fungi, as well as the activity of protease and urease, and the intensity of ammonification and nitrification processes in soil depended on both the development stage and cul-tivated line of winter wheat. © 2012 Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences.