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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…
Nassima Arrebei, Mohamed Sabir, Mustapha Naimi, Mohamed Chikhaoui, Damien Raclot
Over the last decades, estimation of soil erosion using empirical models has long been an active research topic, especially because they are useful to establish watershed management plans. Nevertheless, their application over large areas in a data-scarce Medi…
Eman F. A. Awad-Allah
Water is essential for the existence of all living forms on the earth, and the kinds and amounts of vegetation occurring on various parts of the earth’s surface depend more on the quantity of water available than on any other single environmental factor. Ther…
Le Hou, Beibei Niu, Xinju Li, Hongxin Shen, Fuqiang Li, Ying Wang
Understanding the soil fertility status and heavy metal pollution is of great significance for targeted environmental management and governance in a basin. The Dawen River Basin (DRB), a sub-basin in the lower Yellow River area in China, was taken as the stud…
Camille Chauvin, Manon Trambolho, Mickael Hedde, David Makowski, Hélène Cérémonie, Anne Jimenez, Cécile Villenave
Nematodes have been used as bioindicators of soil quality for more than 20 years, and have been shown to have good potential for assessing the impact of heavy metal pollution on soil. They provide information about the biological condition of soil and can rev…
Kenneth R. Olson, Larry Cihacek
The destruction of the South Vietnamese rice ( Oryza sativa L ) crop using an arsenic-based herbicide known as Agent Blue during the American Vietnam War (1965-1972) was not a secret; however, it received little media attention in the United States. Republic…
Alladassi Félix Kouelo, Alohoutade Finagnon Mathieu, Avakoudjo Julien, Akplo Tobi Moriaque, Agodo Lambert, Agonvinon Mahugnon Socrate, Houngnandan Pascal, Azontonde Hessou Anastase, Amadji Guillaume Lucien, Saïdou Aliou
Soils degradation is one of the constraints in food security achievement in Benin. This study aimed at assessing the effect of cropping systems and slope on soil physical and chemical properties in the watershed of Kpacomey located in the Aplahoué district. S…
Eman F. A. Awad-Allah, Ibrahim H. Elsokkary
Iron (Fe) is a vital element for the survival and proliferation of all plants; therefore, Fe-biofortification by the application of chemical and organic fertilizers is being as an effective approach to fight hidden hunger retards the growth and development of…
Md. Sadiqul Amin, Md. Zulfikar Khan, Tutul Laskar, Sheikh Mohammad Fazle Rabbi
Land use change and cropping patterns are important factors for controlling carbon sequestration in soils and they may also change the relative importance of different mechanisms of soil organic matter stabilization. The study was conducted to investigate the…
Eman F. A. Awad-Allah, Mona G. Attia, Ahmed M. Mahdy
Soil salinity is one of the major yield-limiting factors for crop production in many agricultural regions all over the world. Besides following efficient management practices at the field scale to reduce accumulation of salts in the effective root-zone, the e…
Kenneth R. Olson, James M. Lang
The physical, chemical and biological attributes of the Yukon River and tributary basins impact soil erosion, sediment transport and sediment delivery. The glacier, snow and permafrost melting, runoff, erosion, transport, deposition and storage of gravelly, s…
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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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