Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania

Salty soil samples from three zones of Cojocna (Cluj county, Romania) have been investigated physico-chemically and enzymologically. Rizosphere of some halophytes were investigated in order to assess saline stress on bacterial enzyme activities and halophytes adaptation mechanisms to enhanced salt c...

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Main Authors: Rahela CARPA, Kinga RETI, Kunigunda MACALIK, Edina TÖRÖK, Alexei REMIZOVSCHI, Gyöngyi SZÉKELY
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Published: Cluj University Press 2017-12-01
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Online Access:https://studiabiologia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/studiabio/article/view/94
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author Rahela CARPA
Kinga RETI
Kunigunda MACALIK
Edina TÖRÖK
Alexei REMIZOVSCHI
Gyöngyi SZÉKELY
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description Salty soil samples from three zones of Cojocna (Cluj county, Romania) have been investigated physico-chemically and enzymologically. Rizosphere of some halophytes were investigated in order to assess saline stress on bacterial enzyme activities and halophytes adaptation mechanisms to enhanced salt content. Several physico-chemical parameters of salty soil were determinated: pH, conductivity and different mineral ion contents. Changeful bacterial enzymatic activities and mineral ion composition were detected according to soil salt content. Reduced values of all enzymatic activities were detected. Based on the studied enzyme activities the enzymatic indicators of soil quality (EISQ) were calculated. The EISQ values were low, between EISQ = 0.201 and 0.236. In the sudied salty area, only a few halophyte species were observed and identified, the most common are: Salicornia herbacea, Puccinellia distans, Artemisia santonica, Limonium gmelinii and Salsola soda. All three salty zones were classified as sodic and saline-sodic soils.
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spelling doaj-art-5481fe1bfdd84b6f95a0251c10b910cb2025-08-20T03:50:39ZengCluj University PressStudia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Biologia2065-95122017-12-01213210.24193/subbbiol.2017.2.0294Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, RomaniaRahela CARPA0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-1718Kinga RETI1Kunigunda MACALIK2Edina TÖRÖK3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-7078Alexei REMIZOVSCHI4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4273-6051Gyöngyi SZÉKELY5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-3416Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: k_hella@yahoo.comBabeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: kinga.reti@ubbcluj.roBabeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: szekelygy@yahoo.comBabeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: edinatorok7@gmail.comBabeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email: alexei.remizovschi@ubbcluj.roBabeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology,Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Email:  gyongyi.szekely@ubbcluj.ro szekelygy@yahoo.comSalty soil samples from three zones of Cojocna (Cluj county, Romania) have been investigated physico-chemically and enzymologically. Rizosphere of some halophytes were investigated in order to assess saline stress on bacterial enzyme activities and halophytes adaptation mechanisms to enhanced salt content. Several physico-chemical parameters of salty soil were determinated: pH, conductivity and different mineral ion contents. Changeful bacterial enzymatic activities and mineral ion composition were detected according to soil salt content. Reduced values of all enzymatic activities were detected. Based on the studied enzyme activities the enzymatic indicators of soil quality (EISQ) were calculated. The EISQ values were low, between EISQ = 0.201 and 0.236. In the sudied salty area, only a few halophyte species were observed and identified, the most common are: Salicornia herbacea, Puccinellia distans, Artemisia santonica, Limonium gmelinii and Salsola soda. All three salty zones were classified as sodic and saline-sodic soils.https://studiabiologia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/studiabio/article/view/94cojocna, enzymatic activities, halophyte, salty soil.
spellingShingle Rahela CARPA
Kinga RETI
Kunigunda MACALIK
Edina TÖRÖK
Alexei REMIZOVSCHI
Gyöngyi SZÉKELY
Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania
Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai. Biologia
cojocna, enzymatic activities, halophyte, salty soil.
title Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania
title_full Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania
title_fullStr Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania
title_full_unstemmed Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania
title_short Influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in Cojocna zone, Romania
title_sort influence of salt content on enzymatic activities and halophytes distribution in cojocna zone romania
topic cojocna, enzymatic activities, halophyte, salty soil.
url https://studiabiologia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/studiabio/article/view/94
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