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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…
Md. Shoffikul Islam, Md. Abul Kashem, Khan Towhid Osman
Lead (Pb) tolerance and phytoextraction efficiency of arum (Pani Kachu; Colocasia esculenta L . ) were investigated in hydroponics. Plants were grown for 60 days in nutrient solution after addition of Pb at the levels of 0, 50, 200 and 400 μM. The growth of d…
Nigatu Alemayehu Minase, Mary M. Masafu, Abule Ebro Geda, Azage Tegegne Wolde
In the present study, about 94% of the arable land had a phosphorus deficiency (available P < 10 mg · kg - 1 ). To compensate for this deficiency, high amounts of phosphorous fertilization were applied to soils to get better crop yield. In the past two…
Edward Yeboah, Daniel Aninagyei Ofori, Theresa Peprah, Ramni Harmanjeet Jamnadass, Alain Tsobeng
Allanblackia parviflora A. Chev. also called vegetable tallow tree provides a variety of non-timber forest products of great importance to rural households including shade, timber, medicine and seed oil but attempts have not been made to improve the tree spec…
Salahaddin Abdulqadir Aziz, Saman Mahmood Karim
Some soil properties were studied in relation soil aggregate along a climatologically region and different crop land use in the Northeast of Sulaimani City/Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Five locations were selected along these regions ranging from semiarid to sub…
David Lomeling, Mandlena C. Kenyi, Modi A. Lodiong, Moti S. Kenyi, George M. Silvestro, Juma L. L. Yieb
Fractal dimension fd , was used as one of the parameters to describe dessicationcracking pattern of a remolded Black Cotton soil ( Eutric Vertisol ). The fractal dimension computed from filtered, thinned and skeletonized binary images of soil cracks using the…
Sayeda Sabrina Ali, Monira Begum, Shah Muhammad Imamul Huq
A study was carried out to assess the interaction of Arsenic with excess Sulphur present in saline soil and their impact on plant growth. Two different types of saline soils S 1 (2.0 dS/m) and S 2 (5.061 dS/m) were collected from the southwestern part of Bang…
Fikrat Feyziyev, Maharram Babayev, Simone Priori, Giovanni L’Abate
The potential ability of the Vis-NIR (350 - 2500 nm) laboratory spectroscopy for prediction of soil properties has been demonstrated in the literature. The aim of this work was to predict different soil properties of soils collected in Mugan plain (Azerbaijan…
Ebrima Sonko, Daniel N. Tsado, Sidat Yaffa, Appollonia A. Okhimamhe, Julia Eichie
The study was conducted in three villages of North Bank Region of the Gambia in 2013 and 2014. We examined wet and dry season effects on select soil nutrient contents of upland farms in North Bank Region of the Gambia. The objective was to evaluate changes in…
Elizabeth Frink, Daniel Flippo, Ajay Sharda
Tillage practices have a significant effect on soil properties. Understanding the specific effects due to geometric and speed parameters of the tillage implement is the key to selecting a tillage practice that is best for a field. This is the first step of ma…
Ndeye Hélène Diallo-Diagne, Komi Assigbetse, Saïdou Sall, Dominique Masse, Moussa Bonzi, Ibrahima Ndoye, Jean Luc Chotte, 1 1
Soil microbial biomass carbon (MBC), β -glucosidase, acid phosphatase and fluorescein diacetate (FDA) activities and bacterial community structure were assessed in a long-term (26 years) experiment, at physiological stages of sorghum growth, comparing differe…
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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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