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Denitrifying Bacteria in Red and Black Soils

Volume : 64
Issue: Apr-apr
Pages: 218 - 221
Published: October 11, 2023
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Abstract


The study was undertaken with the object of investigating the seasonal variations in the denitrifying bacterial population and the pattern of distribution in the various horizons of red and black soils. Observations were recorded for twelve months. The data showed that there is difference in the population in red and black soils. The cyclic variation of the denitrifiers was found to be a function of the rainfail distribution over the area. The population is most concentrated in the first 30 cm of the soil profiles and decreased with increase in depth till 90 cm. Thereafter, the population did not show variation with depth.

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218 - 221
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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