Soil enzyme activities are the direct expression of the soil community to metabolic
requirements and available nutrients. While the diversity of soil organisms is important, the …

Soil enzymes regulate ecosystem functioning and in particular play a key role in nutrient
cycling. In this review we briefly summarise potential roles of selected enzymes such as …

A fluorimetric microplate enzyme assay has been developed to study enzyme diversity in
soil as an approach to understanding functional diversity. The microplate assay allows a …

Grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is susceptible to many pathogens, such as Botrytis cinerea,
Plasmopara viticola, Uncinula necator, and Eutypa lata. Phytochemicals are used …

Extracellular enzymes synthesized by soil microbes play a central role in the
biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in the environment. The pH optima of eight hydrolytic …

Exploring the role of enzymes in biogeochemical processes, this reference explores the
function, molecular biology, and biochemistry of microorganisms and their intra-and extra …

Current soil enzyme methods measure potential enzyme activities, which are indicative of
overall enzyme concentrations. However, they do not provide insight in the actual rates of …

Fungi belonging to the genera Trichoderma and Gliocladium are soil-bourne saprophytes
which have been used for industrial and agricultural applications for decades. Some strains …

The viability of converting biomass into biofuels and chemicals still requires further
development towards the reduction of the enzyme production costs. Thus, there is a growing …

Chitosan (CHN), a deacetylated derivative of chitin, was shown to be efficient in promoting
plant defense reactions. CHN oligomers of different molecular weight (MW) and degree of …