Particulate organic carbon (POC) and carbohydrates (R-CHO) distributions in dry- and wet-sieved aggregates in four land-use types in southern Nigeria were studied. The land-use types were: secondary...
Soybean varieties may respond differently to rhizobium inoculation, for im- proved yield and nitrogen fixation. Therefore, responses of ten soybean varieties to rhizobium were evaluated in 2018 at...
replications. data were collected on plant heightrootshootpod and seed dry
A soil quality (SQ) evaluation was conducted on three different farm locations in the Ijebu-Igbo region of Ogun State Nigeria to ascertain the health status of the soils. The farmlands have been...
tors with the fallow land recording the highest ph (6.69)zinc (6.12 mg/kg) and
Micronutrient status in grain size fractions provides information on the active soil fraction and the ability for stabilization against microbial decomposition. Total, available, exchangeable and...
exchangeable and water-soluble micronutrients ranged from 1389.08-2350.06
This research studied the effect of land uses changes on the forms of phosphorus within the coastal plain sands landscape of southeastern Nigeria. Satellite imageries and soil data including...
uses studied influenced availableorganictotalboundiron and occluded iron
Natural humic fractions deposited in the soil are most times sources of industrial humic substances use for crop production. However, the quantities of the humic substances, which are components of...
dumpsite within umudike area of abia statenigeria. humic acidfulvic acid
The soils of isolated forests on hilltops and the surrounding grasslands in three locations at Ashor Hill, AttabaHill, and Umuowo Hill, all in Nsukka area were comparatively characterized. Two auger...
samples were collected processedanalyzed and results subjected to statistical
An assessment of the impact of long term (>20 years) MSW disposal on soil properties and their suitability for crop productivity was carried out in Anambra and Enugu States of southeast Nigeria. Four...
situated 100 meters away from the dumpsitesthe auger samples were used for
Dada B. F, Ewulo B.S, Awodun M.A, Ajayi S.O. and Olajire O.O.
Land use has great impacts on the distribution of nutrients in soils, Anthropogen- ic activities and recorded increase in population density in the study area is ex- pected to lead to great changes...
knowledge gap. this study shows the distribution of major soil nutrients and their
A rigid grid soil survey was done on 115.5 hectares of land in Ultisols of South Southern Nigeria at a detailed scale to evaluate its suitability for the cultivation of some tree crops (Cocoa,...
were classified as ultisols. land suitability evaluation showed that all the pedons(115.5ha) were marginally suitable for cocoa cultivation due to limitations in
Jimoh, A. I., Yau, S. L., Odunze, A.C. and Sawa, B.A
This study aims to assess the impact of land use/cover on carbon sequestration in Afaka Forest Reserve. Six (6) land use/cover types were delineated and used in the study area. This includes...
analyzed using standard procedures. the result showed that soils under ep were
Soil landscape relationship is an essential tool for evaluating soil development. This study was carried out to evaluate soil development on an erosional land- scape of the Nigerian guinea savanna....
channels in selected locations. profile description and soil sampling were done
Composite soil samples were collected from irrigated maize fields, to study the effect of Bio char and Compost on post harvest soil chemical properties in the Sudan Savannah of Nigeria. Laid on a...
results showed a post harvest significant increase in phorganic carbontotal
Field experiments were undertaken during the cropping seasons (August- December) of 2018 and 2019 at the Teaching and Research Farm, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi-Nigeria. The objective...
flat beds and ridges) and four levels of npk 15:15:15 fertilizer (050100 and 150
This study assessed the effects of tillage and nutrient management practices on selected soil properties of degraded coarse-textured Ultisols and responses of sweet potato in Nsukka, southeastern...
at 400 kg ha–1 (npk0.40) as well as their complementary use (pd10+npk0.20)each
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