Ammonium Thiosulfate as a Urease Inhibitor and Influence of Temperature and pH on Urea Hydrolysis Inhibition in an Upland Field

밭 토양에서 Ammonium Thiosulfate의 Urease 활성 저해효과와 이에 미치는 온도와 pH의 영향

The objective of this research was to characterize the effect of ammonium thiosulfate(ATS) on soil urease activity and the influence of temperature and soil pH on inhibition of urea hydrolysis by ATS. The results obtained are summarized as follows. 1. Percent inhibition of urea hydrolysis ranged from 1.5~14.3% with 5% addition of ATS to urea to 7.6~20.5% with 10% inclusion at $25^{\circ}C$, which levels were lower than that of thiourea. 2. The effect of ATS on urease inhibition was greater in low temperature han high temperature. The addition of 10% ATS resulted in 62.6% and 41.7% inhibition of urea hydrolysis at $10^{\circ}C$ and $15^{\circ}C$, respectively. 3. The inhibitory effects of ATS were found rapidly or slowly at different soil pH. The inhibition of urease activity was showed after 24 hours at pH 6.0 and 6.5, while the hydrolysis of urea was inhibited by ATS after 48 hourse at pH 5.0, 7.0 and 7.5. Urea hydrolysis inhibitions after 72 hours incubation were similar at all pH tested. Therefore effects of ATS did not correlate with soil pH.

ammonium thiosulfate(ATS)의 urease 활성 억제제로서의 효과를 thiourea와 비교하고, 온도 및 pH가 ATS의 효과에 미치는 영향을 실험한 바, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. ATS의 요소 가수 분해 저해율은 $25^{\circ}C$에서 요소의 5% 수준으로 처리하였을 때에는 1.5~14.3%, 10% 처리시에는 7.6~20.5%였다. 이는 thiourea의 저해율보다 다소 낮은 수준이었다. 2. ATS의 효과는 고온보다는 저온에서 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 즉 요소의 10% 수준으로 처리하였을 때 $10^{\circ}C$와 $15^{\circ}C$에서의 가수 분해 저해율은 각각 62.6%와 41.7%였다. 3. 토양 pH에 따라서 ATS의 효과가 나타나기 시작하는 시간이 달랐다. 즉 pH가 6.0과 6.5에서는 24시간부터 저해 효과가 나타난 반면, 5.0과 7.0, 7.5에서는 48시간부터 효과가 나타났다. 처리후 72시간에 urease 활성 저해율은 pH에 관계없이 비슷하므로, pH와 저해 효과와는 일정한 경향성이 없는 듯하다.