An automated colorimetric method for the determination of urease activity in soil and plant material
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis
- Vol. 7 (4), 365-374
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00103627609366648
Abstract
An automated colorimetric method Cor determining urease activity in soils and plant material is described. The method, using ammonium determination by the nitroprusside‐catalysed indophenol reaction, is Caster and more precise than a colorimetric measurement of urea.Keywords
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