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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…
Georges Kogge Kome, Roger Kogge Enang, Fritz Oben Tabi, Bernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima
Clay minerals constitute an important component of the soil system and knowledge of their role in soil fertility is imperative for sustainable soil management and productivity. The aim of this work is to overview the influence of clay minerals on some major s…
Zofia Fischer
It is already known that repeating cycles of drying and rewetting decrease the metabolic activity of the soil. The aim of this paper is to explain on the basis of a laboratory experiment how the respiratory processes of organic soil collected from the forest…
Roger Kogge Enang, Bernard Palmer Kfuban Yerima, Georges Kogge Kome, Eric van Ranst
Knowledge on soil properties likely to influence P sorption in tephra soils is very important for sustainable management of available P. Sorption studies on six tephra soils were conducted to relate P sorption to soil characteristics in order to identify thos…
Fadéby Modeste Gouissi, Afouda Esaïe Adimi
The present study was conducted in the commune of Kérou in North Benin to measure the bioavailability of agricultural pesticides heavily used in the production of cotton on snails. The test was conducted in peasant environment in two villages of the commune.…
Shondip Adhikary, Md. Zulfikar Khan, Shahika Arobe, Sushmita Dey, Shaikh Motasim Billah
Tea is grown in Bangladesh under marginal climatic and soil conditions. Its production is greatly influenced by many physical, chemical, biological and natural factors. The increasing land use intensity without adequate and balanced use of chemical fertilizer…
Zofia Fischer, Lidiya Dubis
Forest soil profiles of two dunes within the European belt of inland dunes were analysed in the laboratory. We carried out respirometric measurements of carbon dioxide production and oxygen consumption for every horizon of the studied soils while simultaneous…
Tracey Emmerick Takeuchi, Arthur James Downer
Lead (Pb) was detected in potential urban garden soil in Claremont Cali-fornia and was absorbed by radish cultivars and giant red mustard in a bioassay of the contaminated soil. Radish cultivars grown in two soils with two lead salts developed the same lead t…
Prudence Bararunyeretse, Howard O. Beckford, Hongbing Ji
Discharge of metals and their mineral flotation collectors into the soil environment causes severe ecological and health impacts, which is still not fully understood. This is of great concern, particularly with regards to their effect on the soil microorganis…
Mary Mwale Chishala, Elijah Phiri, Lydia M. Chabala
Influence of Chicken Manure amendment on the thermal properties of selected Benchmark soils in Zambia was investigated in the laboratory under soil column experiments. Five benchmark soils were exerted to four chicken manure amendment rates of 0% (control), 2…
Kenneth Ray Olson, Lois Wright Morton
The soils, tropical climate, and network of canals and rivers of southern Vietnam have created one of the most diverse tropical jungles and intensely cultivated landscapes of Southeast Asia. This paradise has a long history of numerous wars, foreign occupatio…
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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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