Indian Journal of Plant Physiology
  • Year: 1988
  • Volume: 31o
  • Issue: 2

Study of sugarcane acid phosphatases immobilized on soil for the release of available phosphate

  • Author:
  • Gurmukh Das, K.A. Prabhu
  • Total Page Count: 6
  • Page Number: 163 to 168

Sugar Chemistry Department, National Sugar Institute, Kalyanpur. Kanpur-208017

Abstract

Immobilization of acid phosphatases of sugarcane juice on soil has been studied using acid activated cane field soil as support. The soil immobilized enzyme system was able to release phosphorus from tricalcium phosphate (TCP) continuously for about 10 days at 30°C and it showed full activity in three cycles. Increasing surface area of immobilized soil by spreading during enzyme reaction at a moisture level of 55% greatly increased the enzyme activity.