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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…
Jerome Wright
In quantifying the benefits of compost amendments to soils for agricultural and urban use in terms of water conservation, there are many difficulties in conveying “value” of water due to the many different aspects of value to individuals and organizations. Pe…
Sabiriba Alain Hema, Mamadou Traore, Kalifa Coulibaly, Bazoumana Koulibaly, Hassan Bismarck Nacro
The dry faecal sludge (DFS) are potential sources of organic fertilizers because of their high content in nutrients and organic matter, critical for plants growth and soil health maintaining. In Burkina Faso, the DFS are processed in faecal treatment plants.…
Jerome Wright, Scott Kenner, Bret Lingwall
Compost amendments have remarkable potential for improving soil structure, porosity and water holding capacity. Soil health is the ability to function as a living system, to sustain plant and animal productivity, to enhance water and air quality, and to promo…
Mahougnon Carmelle Charlotte Zoundji, Agassin Martinien Arcadius Ahoglé, Tobi Moriaque Akplo, Sèmèvo Oslo Gangnon, Diorel Montéiro, Yves Zanvo, Félix Kouelo Alladassi, Pascal Houngnandan
Bambara groundnut [ Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.], as a legume, can establish relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria such as Rhizobium. However, Rhizobium efficacy is not always optimal due to the lack or poor efficient strains in the soil. This study a…
Kenneth R. Olson
Land subsidence and rising sea levels could result in 40% of the Mekong Delta being covered by the South China Sea within the next few decades. The impact of groundwater withdrawal, in the SE Asia mega deltas of Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, Jakarta Delta, Chao P…
Fary Diome, Landing Biaye
Soil degradation due to shrinkage and swelling of these clay soils is a problem for agriculture. To understand the physical properties of the soils in this agricultural area, we will use an undisturbed soil monolith 60 cm high and 23 cm in diameter in the lab…
Lois Wright Morton, Casey Culbertson
Waterlogged soils and submerged sediments in wetlands and agricultural lands used for rice paddies and aquaculture have anaerobic conditions that slow and prevent the photo and microbial degradation of dioxin TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetracholorodibenzo-p-dioxin), enabl…
Shamima Sabreen, Suguru Saiga, Rafiq Islam, Hasinur Rahman
Economic losses associated with grass tetany either of death or poor growth performance of livestock are a growing concern. Breeding of high magnesium (high-Mg) cool-season forage grass (C 3 ) has been a challenging process to minimize the hazards of grass te…
Md. Aliuzzaman Sheik, Anjuman Ara Rajonee, M. Hasinur Rahman
A variety of wastes are generated due to human activities. Organic waste usage in agriculture plays a significant role in the steady supply of plant nutrients through improving soil quality. An in vitro incubation study was conducted to measure the release of…
Kenneth R. Olson, Larry Cihacek
Discoveries in Charles Darwin’s laboratory led to modern herbicides. Darwin discovered the internal mechanism that directed plants to grow toward sunlight and sources of water. Scientists in Europe and America later called this mechanism a plant’s hormone res…
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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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