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Open Journal of Soil Science (OJSS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of soil science. All manuscripts must be prep…
Salifou Laura, Stéphanie Batchakoue Maïga-Yaleu, Tambi Ramdé
The purpose of this study was to investigate the pollution level of trace metals As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se and Zn in agricultural soil around the water reservoir. A total of 36 soil samples were collected both during off-season agriculture an…
Kenneth R. Olson
During the last 60 years, the southern Vietnam environment and Vietnamese living in the Mekong Delta have bio-accumulated arsenic from natural and anthropic (Vietnam Civil War (1962-1965)) sources via their drinking water (groundwater from tube wells) and foo…
Ardeshir Adeli, John P. Brooks, Dana Miles, Todd Mlsna, Read Quentin, Johnie N. Jenkins
Healthy soils are important to ensure satisfactory crop growth and yield. Poultry litter (PL), as an organic fertilizer, has proven to supply the soil with essential macro and micronutrients, enhance soil fertility, and improve crop productivity. Integrating…
Paul Ndiaga Ciss, Laure Tall, Saidou Nourou Sall, Mariama Dalanda Diallo, Paula Fernandes, Tidiane Dieye, Medoune Mbengue, Espoir Gaglo, Komi Assigbetse, 1 1
Agroecosystems in the Senegalese groundnut basin experience long periods of high temperatures and drought, which disrupt the stability of soil microbial communities. This study evaluated how that stability is affected by homefields and outfields’ agricultural…
Reza Jamaly, Serge-Étienne Parent, Noura Ziadi, Léon E. Parent
Cranberry ( Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait. ) is an ammophilous plant grown on acid soils (pH 4.0 - 5.5). Elemental sulfur is commonly applied at a recommended rate of 1120 kg S ha −1 per pH unit to acidify cranberry soils, potentially impacting the plant mi…
Kenneth R. Olson
The Saigon River is located in southern Vietnam with headwaters starting in southeastern Cambodia. The river flows southeast for about 225 km to the South China Sea. Most readers of Vietnam’s history know about the American-Vietnam War (1965-1973). However, c…
Tchoroun Massang Digué, Domga Tinda, Noumi Guy Bertrand, Madjitoloum Betoloum Salomon, Dangwang Jean-Marie Dikdim, Tarkodjiel Mianpereum
The pollution of sediments by inorganic pollutants requires particularly important attention because of their toxicity, their persistence in the environment and their bioaccumulation by animal and plant life. The pollution of sediments by inorganic pollutants…
Kenneth R. Olson
The buried village is Vinh Moc where more than 1200 Vietnamese, including soldiers, who lived underground during the Vietnam War (1965 to 1972) were hand dug into red basalt bedrock. The Vinh Moc Village was strategically located on the border of North Vietna…
Takao Shibusawa, Kenji Tamura, Maki Asano, 1 1
Santome Shinden, a representative site of the Satoyama landscape in Japan, has its origins in 1696 when the common land of wild grass on the Musashino plateau was developed into a strip-shaped land division, which consists of residential area, upland field, a…
Kenneth R. Olson, Khoi Minh Chau
Human exposure to arsenic (As) is primarily through drinking water and food ingestion. Arsenic is naturally present in the environment and has been known as “the king of poisons” since the Middle Ages. It is mutagenic, teratogenic, and carcinogenic and approx…
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Open Journal of Soil Science (OJSS) is an openly accessible journal published monthly. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of soil science. All manuscripts must be prep… All articles are open access under a CC BY 4.0 licence, with authors retaining copyright.
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