The Effect of Roxarsone on Soil Enzyme Activities

An indoor simulation experiment has been carried out to study the effects of Roxarsone on the soil neutral phosphatase, catalase and urease activity. The result showed that the enzyme activities were reduced by the Roxarsone, and the effect degree was aggravated with the increasing consistency. It also showed that inhibition of various enzymes on the rise - decrease trend during the whole incubation period reached its peak on the tenth day as 54.71%,33.92% and 13.81% sorting the phosphatase, the catalase and the urease in a descending order consulting the enzyme sensitivity to Roxarsone. Taking the EDIO as an example, which is 18.83, 48.31 and 185.2 mg.kg-1 on the tenth day: Negative exponential growth model were used to fit the regression rate of enzyme activities with time indicating that the time of Roxarsone toxic effects on soil enzyme extended with the consistency being increased.