THE ALKALINE CUPRIC OXIDE OXIDATION OF HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS EXTRACTED FROM TROPICAL VOLCANIC SOILS

Soil Science ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 122 (4) ◽  
pp. 191-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. GRIFFITH ◽  
M. SCHNITZER
1975 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. GRIFFITH ◽  
M. SCHNITZER

To obtain a better understanding of the unusual accumulation of organic matter in tropical volcanic soils in the West Indies, humic and fulvic acids were extracted with 0.5 N NaOH under N2 from four surface and two subsurface horizons of four such soils from the island of Dominica and degraded by KMnO4 oxidation of unmethylated and methylated materials. The oxidation products were fractionated by solvent extraction and chromatographic methods and 52 compounds were identified on a gas chromatography–mass spectrometry–computer system. Major oxidation products (identified as esters and ethers) were benzenecarboxylic, phenolic and aliphatic mono- and dicarboxylic acids. Smaller amounts of n-alkanes, furan derivatives and dialkyl phthalates were also identified. The major chemical structures detected in the tropical volcanic humic and fulvic acids were aromatic rings substituted by: (a) three to six C atoms; (b) one OCH3 group and three, four and six C atoms; and (c) two OH groups and one, two, three and five C atoms. Judging from the qualitative and quantitative distribution of the major oxidation products, the chemical structure of tropical volcanic humic and fulvic acids did not appear to differ significantly from that of humic and fulvic acids extracted from soils from widely differing climatic zones. We were unable to detect any effect of depth of sampling or soil pH on the chemical structure of the humic materials extracted from the tropical volcanic soils.


1975 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. SCHNITZER ◽  
E. VENDETTE

A humic and a fulvic acid, extracted from the Ahb horizon of an earth hummock occurring on an Alpine Tundra (Brunic Turbic Cryosol) in the northern part of the Mackenzie river in the Northwest Territories, were characterized by elementary and functional group analyses and by optical measurements. To obtain more detailed structural information, the humic acid, the major organic fraction in the soil extract, was degraded by alkaline permanganate and alkaline cupric oxide oxidation. The degradation products were identified on a gas chromatographic–mass spectrometric–computer system. The analytical characteristics of the Arctic humic and fulvic acids were similar to those reported in the literature for humic and fulvic acids from more moderate climates. However, effects of near-surface permafrost and harsh Arctic climatic conditions manifested themselves in the degradation data. Compared to humic acids from warmer climates, the Arctic humic acid appeared to be poorly developed, exhibiting a low degree of condensation and aromaticity, a low resistance to mild chemical oxidants, yielding only very small amounts of benzenepolycarboxylic acids higher than the di-forms, but relatively large quantities of aliphatic carboxylic acids, especially the n-C16 and n-C18 fatty acids.


Author(s):  
Ramiro Remigio Gaibor Fernández ◽  
Abraham Adalberto Bayas Zamora ◽  
Galo Israel Muñoz Sánchez ◽  
Cristhian Adrián Rivas Santacruz

The objective of the present investigation was to evaluate the physical characteristics of the vermicompost and the quality of the purine of the red Californian (Eisenia foetida) using different substrates of feed for these worms. For this purpose, nine treatments were studied: 75% African palm rachis + 25% cattle manure, 50% African palm rachis + 50% cattle manure, 25% African palm rachis + 75% livestock manure, 50% manure of cattle, 50% of manure of cattle, 25% of manure of cattle, 50% of manure of cattle, 50% of manure of cattle, 50% of rach of coconut + 50% of manure of Livestock, 25% coccus rachis + 75% livestock manure. The substrate made up of 50% of rachis of coconut and 50% of livestock manure can be used in nurseries or nurseries for being the one that registered a value of pH 7.3 plus the closest to the neutral compared to the others, besides this (75% of oil palm rachis and 25% of cattle manure) showed a higher content of humic and fulvic acids (0.87 and 0.45 p / p, respectively), compounds that are important for agriculture by stimulating plant growth, in addition to this reflection 0.06% sulfur content, 4.0 ppm boron, 7.0 ppm copper, 47.5 ppm iron, 6.0 ppm manganese, with a presence of microorganisms of the species Trichoderma, Penicillium, Cladosporium sp. in amounts of 1.91x105 UFC / ml, however in this substrate was obtained between 13.3 and 43.5% less liquid slurry in Comparison with other treatments.


2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Man ◽  
Izabella Pisarek ◽  
Michał Braczkowski ◽  
Barbara Pytel ◽  
Ryszard Olchawa

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kendall L. Carder ◽  
Robert G. Steward ◽  
George R. Harvey ◽  
Peter B. Ortner

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milanka Radulovic ◽  
◽  
Svetlana Mitrovski

Peat is a natural substrate for growth of microorganisms because it is rich in compounds that microorganisms can use as sources of carbon, nitrogen and growth factors. Peat originating from Vlasina lake in Eastern Serbia is especially rich in organic matter. The content of humic substances (humic acid, fulvic acid and humine) is almost twice that found in other peat-rich regions of similar origin and geochemical age. Humic and fluvic acids are known to promote microbial growth. In this work, humic and fulvic acids were first extracted from Vlasina lake peat and then added to minimal medium (synthetic, low ionic strength medium). The humic substances were added separately and combined in a 1:1 ratio by mass to study their individual and combined effect on microbial growth of Escherichia coli ATCC 25922 (Gr–), Staphyloccocus aureus (Gr+) i Aureobasidium pullulans, strain CH-1. The microbial growth was measured microspectrophotometrically over a 24-hour period and growth curves were obtained for a range of acid concentrations between 25 µg cm-3 and 100 µg cm-3. It was found that both humic and fulvic acids promote the growth of all three microorganisms by up to a maximum of 40%-80% the extent of which varied with the concentration of the acid and the identity of the microorganism. In general, humic acid was found to result in higher microbial growth (at highest concentrations, up to ~80% for all three microbial species).


2007 ◽  
pp. 51-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manfred Wolf ◽  
Gunnar Buckau ◽  
Horstr Geckeis ◽  
Ngo Manh Thang ◽  
Enamul Hoque ◽  
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