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R. Walczak, E. Rovdan and B. Witkowska-Walczak, “Water Retention Characteristics of Peat and Sand Mixtures,” International Agrophysics, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2002, pp. 161- 165.

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• TITLE: Evaluation of Factors Influencing the Biomass of Soil Microorganisms and DNA Content

  AUTHORS: Wolinska Agnieszka, Stepniewska Zofia, Bulas Aleksandra, Banach Artur

  KEYWORDS: Microbial Biomass; Soil DNA; Water Potential; Agricultural Activity

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Soil Science, Vol.2 No.1, March 28, 2012

  ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was the statistical evaluation of the impact of water potential (pF), oxygen availability (ODR) and the way of land use on microbial biomass (MB) and soil DNA content. Soil was extracted from the surface (0 - 20 cm) and subsurface (20 - 40 cm) layers of Mollic Gleysol. Soil material was collected in July 2009 from the village Kosiorow (SE part of Poland), from the two distinct neighbouring areas: agriculturally exploited (AE), and fallow land (FL), which served as the control area. Moisture content was determined for a range of pF values (0, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0), which corresponded to availability of water usable by microorganisms and plant roots. Finally, our results revealed significant (p