The objective of this study was to test the efficiency of the Hydraulic Pedotransfer Functions (PTFs) employed in the Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer – Crop Simulation Model...
(rmse)and index of agreement (d-index) were the three statistical methods
The inland wetland soils of Obukiyo, Oju Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria were evaluated for the production of rice. The physical, chemical and morphological features of the soils were...
Ogbu O.J, Idoga, S., Abagyeh, S.O. Ugese, F.D. and Usman, J.
Soils of Obukiyo, Oju Local Government Area of Benue State were studied using the grid method of soil survey with a view to characterize, classify and evaluate their potentials for sustainable crop...
for laboratory analysis. the soils were moderately deep to very deep ranging in
The effect of different rates of poultry manure application on water characteris-tics of Oforola soils was studied. The different poultry manure rates were 0, 10, 20, and 30 t/ha, while the soil...
different treatment rates. bulk density was significantly influenced in the 30 t/ha
Enyioko C.O, Akande O. S, Kamalu O. J. And Nwokocha C.C
This study centered on evaluating selected soil structural properties of different land uses in Oforola, Imo State, Nigeria. Soil samples were collected from six different land-use types, namely,...
compositedmixed thoroughly and sub-sampleand analyzed in the laboratory
The study was carried out in the dry season to evaluate the variation in available Cu in wetland soil under long-term farming systems. Twenty four surface (0-20 cm) composite soil samples of acidic...
lated with the extractable cu. the result shows that the content of available cu
Bashir A.Y, Samndi A.M, Adam M.A, Moji K.T, and Auwal M.
One of the main reasons for the loss of productive land in irrigated fields is the buildup of salinity in the soil. In the watari irrigation Scheme, no systematic ap-praisal and mapping have been...
were used as sampling points. a total of 234 samples were obtained from 160 ha
Moji K. T., Jibrin M. J., Umar F. G., and Bashir A. Y.
Recognition of high yielding and nitrogen (N) fixing groundnut genotypes and desegregating them in the cereal-based cropping systems common in savannah regions will enhance food security and reduce...
The decline in soil organic matter, nutrient depletion, and loss of soil fertility due to soil degradation contribute to low agricultural productivity. Organic amend- ments (OAs) have the potentials...
replicated four times. the results showed that all the oa treatments significantly
Twelve profile pits were sunk, four in each of the three locations of Bukuru, the study area. Proper soil profile description was done and recorded to obtain field characterization data after which...
total nitrogen (total n)and available phosphorus (avail. p) were 6.26.3 gkg-
Johnson, A., Saddiq, A. M., Solomon, R. I., Ibrahim, A. and Waizah, Y.
A study was conducted to evaluate the soil fertility potential of Gombi area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. A total of eighty (80) soil samples composite from 0-20 and 20-50cm depths were collected from...
nitrogen and organic carbon contents were generally low and ranged from 6.7 to
Quantification of soil organic carbon cycling as impacted by soil and crop man- agement practices is required for C storage and soil quality improvement investi- gations. This study assessed the...
prised of ct and ntrespectivelywith 150 and 300 kg ha-1 of npk 15:15:15
Adesodun.J. K., Udom B. E.,, Adekunle A. O., Adejuyigbe C. O., Atayese M. O., Olowokere F. A., Mbila M., Oyegoke C. O.
The effects of tillage and cropping pattern on soil aggregation, fractal dimensions and distribution of organic carbon fractions were studied. Treatments were no- tillage (NT), conventional tillage...
(dm) was obtained from psdwhile fragmentation fractal dimension (df) was
Nwagbara, M.O., Irondi, A.O., Uzoma, K.C. and Adesemuyi, E.A
In this study, predictive model for estimating the soil thermal conductivity and diffusivity from fourteen different sample points around a horizontal gas flaring site was employed in two depths (0...
moisture determination. simple descriptive statistics of meanstandard deviation
Mansur U. Dawaki, Aliyu Abdulkadir, and Bassam L. Abdulrahman
A screen-house experiment was conducted in the dry season of 2017 to evaluate the potential effect of organic and inorganic soil amendments on the mobility and stability of significant plant nutrient...
growth. ions mobility was evaluated by concentrations at the stages and depths
This study was conducted in Ifite-Nanka, Orumba North L.G.A. in Anambra state, Nigeria. The aim of the research was to evaluate the effect of three land use types on soil organic carbon (SOC) and...
horizon and so was the wsa and as. among socclay and sand content used
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