Plant Soil Environ., 2021, 67(5):255-263 | DOI: 10.17221/11/2021-PSE

Comparison of soil organic matter composition under different land uses by DRIFT spectroscopyOriginal Paper

Saven Thai*, Lenka Pavlů, Václav Tejnecký, Petra Vokurková, Shahin Nozari, Luboš Borůvka
Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food, and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

The study aimed to estimate and characterise soil organic matter under different land uses (cropland, grassland, and forest) and soil depths. The soil organic matter composition of the soil was assessed by diffuse reflectance infrared spectroscopy (DRIFT). Humic and fulvic acids (HAs, FAs) were extracted from soils and their compositions were evaluated by DRIFT. Low molecular mass organic acids content was also measured. Our result revealed that the largest differences of the spectra in the composition of organic matter were observed in the upper parts of the soil profile. The forest soil spectra had more intense aliphatic bands, carboxylic, and CH bands than spectra of grassland and cropland soils. The difference of HAs spectra was at 3 010 to 2 800/cm where the most intensive aliphatic bands were in forest soil HAs, followed by grassland and cropland soil HAs. The grassland topsoil FAs spectrum differs most from the other land uses. It has lower peaks around 1 660-1 600/cm and 1 200/cm than cropland and forest. The concentration of low molecular mass organic acid (LMMOA) was the highest in the forest soil and the most abundant acid was citrate.

Keywords: terrestrial ecosystem; Luvisols; humus; organic compounds; functional groups

Published: May 31, 2021  Show citation

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Thai S, Pavlů L, Tejnecký V, Vokurková P, Nozari S, Borůvka L. Comparison of soil organic matter composition under different land uses by DRIFT spectroscopy. Plant Soil Environ. 2021;67(5):255-263. doi: 10.17221/11/2021-PSE.
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