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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…
Ngalula Stéphane Mbuyamba, Dinangayi Dorothée Tshilanda, Tshimankinda Pius Mpiana, Koto-Te-Nyiwa Ngbolua, Christophe Kaki
This study evaluates the trace element contents (cadmium, lead, mercury and arsenic) in soils, sediments and rock residues of the artisanal gold mining site of Lite-Bala in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Random sampling, physicochemical analysis and analys…
Daniel Iku Abuni, Sylvia Nyamaizi, Doreen Mbabazize, Christine Atugonza
Wetlands play a number of vital roles in the ecosystem, such as serving as nutrient sinks, preventing floods, storing carbon, and filtering water. Encroachment on wetlands has led to substantial economic and environmental losses, including water quality degra…
Xinting Weng, Richard Haynes, Yafeng Zhou
A new manufactured soil product (Turba) was produced using acidified bauxite residue into which 10% green waste compost had been incorporated. A laboratory/greenhouse experiment was carried out to determine if sand could be used as an ingredient or an amendme…
Maya P. Bhatt, Ganesh B. Malla, Amede Rubio, Alfred Addo-Mensah
This study evaluates the dynamics of trace metals impacts on the ecosystems of the Bartlett Pond, a small shallow wetland pond located in Laredo, Texas by analyzing sediment samples taken from four quadrants of the pond. The concentrations of trace elements i…
Pane Jeanne d’Arc Coulibaly, Lassané Ouédraogo, Abdoulaziz Sandwidi, Barkissa Fofana, Fanta Blagnan, Tionyélé Fayama, Badiori Ouattara, Ousmane Boukari Diallo
In Burkina Faso, agricultural land degradation, including soil fertility decline, has prompted the implementation of agricultural innovations to address this challenge. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the contribution of four Papilionaceous ecotypes i…
Madjitoloum Betoloum Salomon, Tchoroun Massang Digue, Mbailaou Ngoussou, Allaramadji Ngarmadji Constant, Moumassou Famargue Richard, Tarkodjiel Mianpereum
This study evaluates heavy metal pollution in soils from the Daniela oil sites located in the Kouno sub-prefecture, Loug-Chari Department. The primary objective is to determine the extent of heavy metal contamination in the Daniela area. At the Raphia site, t…
Lloyd Murdock, Anastasios Karathanasis, Dottie Call, Dana Lee Dinnes, Amitava Chatterjee
A greenhouse experiment was conducted involving complete/intact 100 cm cores of a fragipan soil. The cores were maintained in moist conditions throughout the experiment as annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) or festulolium (Lolium spp and Fescue spp hybrid)…
Kenneth Ray Olson, Georges Kogge Kome
The River Nile in Africa is the world’s longest river. It is approximately 6650 km from the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea to its headwater sources, the Blue Nile and White Nile. The Nile drainage basin is about 9674 million km 2 making it the third-largest d…
Hamidou Bah, Amara Cissé, Mabetty Touré, Bo Zhu
The application of organic amendments in upland soils may influence soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) mineralization, which are very important for understanding plant nutrition. However, the kinetics of C and N mineralization from organically amended upland pu…
Kenneth R. Olson
During the 2 nd Indochina War which started in 1959, the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Air America, and the Air Force waged a secret and unconventional air war in Laos from Udorn Air Force base located in Thailand and across the Mekong Rive…
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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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