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The Resistance Evaluation of Dry Subtropics Brown Soils to Heavy Metal and Oil Contamination by Biological Indicators

Sergey Ilyich Kolesnikov1, Natalya Aleksandrovna Petrova1, Kamil Shagidullovich Kazeev1, Natalya Aleksandrovna Vernigorova1, Tatyana Mikhaelovna Minkina1, Svetlana Nikolaevna Sushkova1 and Yuliya Viktorovna Akimenko1
  • 1 Southern Federal University, Academy of Biology and Biotechnology, 344090, Russia, Rostov-on-Don, Stachkiave., 194/1, Russia

Abstract

Contamination of brown calcareous soils with Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and oil leads to deterioration of their biological properties. There is a reduction in activity of catalase and dehydrogenase, an abundance of Azotobacter genus bacteria, cellulolytic activity and the length of radish roots. As a rule, there is a direct relationship between the content of contaminant in the soil and degree of deterioration of biological properties of the soil. According to the degree of negative impact on the biological properties of brown soil heavy metals form the following series: Cr > Cu > = Pb > = Ni. The pattern that chromium is more toxic and copper, lead and nickel have less and similar to each other degree of toxicity was established earlier in research conducted by the same method, with other soils in southern Russia. According to the degree of resistance brown soils are close to chestnut soils, they are less stable than chernozems and more stable than brown semi desert soils. Regional standards of Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb and oil content in brown soils of Ciscaucasia dry subtropics Ciscaucasia are proposed.

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Volume 11 No. 3, 2016, 110-116

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2016.110.116

Submitted On: 4 December 2014 Published On: 5 August 2016

How to Cite: Kolesnikov, S. I., Petrova, N. A., Kazeev, K. S., Vernigorova, N. A., Minkina, T. M., Sushkova, S. N. & Akimenko, Y. V. (2016). The Resistance Evaluation of Dry Subtropics Brown Soils to Heavy Metal and Oil Contamination by Biological Indicators. American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 11(3), 110-116. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajabssp.2016.110.116

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Keywords

  • North Caucasus
  • Brown Soil
  • Resistance
  • Contamination
  • Heavy Metals
  • Oil