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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…
Basel Natsheh
The concern of this study is determine the quality of soil when irrigation used treated water and wastewater in comparison with soil irrigated with tap water on some chemical and physical soil properties. The experiment components were three trials carried ou…
Kenneth R. Olson, Cory D. Suski
The 2000 km Columbia River is the longest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It starts in British Columbia, Canada and flows through the states of Oregon and Washington before discharging into Pacific Ocean near Cape Disappointment. The m…
Adama Ouattara, Bazoumana Koulibaly, Déhou Dakuo, Kalifa Coulibaly, Pascal Bazongo, Oula Traore, Hassan Bismarck Nacro
To better understand the effects of direct sowing under mulch-based cropping system (DMC) in Burkina Faso’s cotton production systems, randomized blocks of Fisher experimental design were implemented at Farako-B a research station from 2010 to 2019. The study…
Sharmin Jannat Lutfunnahar, Mahmudul Islam Piash, M. Hasinur Rahman
Biochar application is claimed to improve nutrient availability in many problem soils; however, pristine biochars are often reported to produce inconsistent results. Therefore, appropriate biochar modification techniques are required to retain soil nutrients…
Kenneth R. Olson, David R. Speidel
The Lower Mississippi River flows from the confluence of the Ohio River and Mississippi River at Cairo, Illinois into the Gulf of Mexico. Mississippi River and Ohio River pathway shifts have shaped and re-shaped the landscapes through which they flow and wher…
José O. Payero, Michael W. Marshall, Rebecca H. Davis, Joe Bible, Nathaniel Nemire
In recent years, the use of cover crops is becoming a popular technology among growers in many regions of the United States, which is expected to deliver various benefits such as improving soil health, increasing soil organic matter, controlling weeds, and he…
Noufou Ouandaogo, Mathias Bouinzemwendé Pouya, Dohan Mariam Soma, Zacharia Gnankambary, Delwendé Innocent Kiba, Badiori Ouattara, François Lompo, Hassan Bismark Nacro, Papaoba Michel Sedogo
We used an ongoing long-term field trial established since 1960 in Burkina Faso, to study the microbial properties of a Ferric Lixisol under various crop management and fertilization regimes. Microbial respiration rate, microbial biomass carbon (MBC) and soil…
Mahdi M. Al-Kaisi, Carlos Tenesaca
In the U.S. biofuel industry is using corn ( Zea mays L.) residue mix (CRM) consisting of corncob and stover for cellulosic ethanol and biogas production. The field storage method left different depths of CRM on the field after its removal, where negative eff…
Romary Tchinda Ngnipa, Fritz Oben Tabi, Souleymanou Adamou, Primus Azinwi Tamfuh, Georges Kogge Kome, Alexis Boukong, Antoine David Mvondo Ze
There is limited information on the pedological requirements of Triumfetta cordifolia . A starting point for establishing such information requires knowledge on the growing environment of the species. The aim of this study was to assess the physicochemical pr…
Kenneth R. Olson, William Kreznor
Land subsidence as a result of the groundwater withdrawals in the Chao Phraya Delta in Thailand will be studied along with any successful remediation efforts. Most of the deltas of South East Asia are sinking for a variety of reasons. Thailand has national co…
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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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