Аннотация:Lignin is one of the difficultly decomposable compounds of plant tissues. The content
and composition of lignin phenols that are the main matrix for the humus formation in
Agrosoils affect greatly the transformation their organic matter. The aim of this work
was a detailed characterization of the lignin phenols composition and processes of
their transformation in soils under the impact of soil plowing and drainage in dynamic
during last 30 years.
The objects of investigation were Agrogray soils of the Moscow district, where an
experimental reclamation test arable area was created in 1987 (in three variants for
each impact).
The process of lignin determination in the soils included the alkaline oxidation of a
sample using copper oxide at 170°C under the pressure in a nitrogen medium. The
lignin phenols were divided by a gas-liquid chromatograph.
It has been established that, the yield of agricultural crops has always been lower in
non-drained land than in drained soils. In the average humidity years, the yield of
spring crops due to the use of drainage was higher by 10-12%, of winter crops - by
18-20%. The total lignin content decreased from 13 mg/g Corg in drained soils up to
9.0 mg/g Corg - in non-drained soils as a result of increased microbiological activity.
Microbial activity is diagnosed by increasing the length of the fungal mycelium from
84 to 120 m/g, and biomass from 0.033 to 0.050 mg/g. However, in drained soils, the
degree of biopolymer oxidation (the ratio of acid to aldehydes) increases. According
to the values of the lignin/N ratio in Agrosoils, there is also an accumulation of
metabolic carbon in humic acids over aromatic carbon. Drainage caused a deep
transformation of lignin in the Fe-Mn nodules.