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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…
Xinhua Yin, Virginia R. Sykes
Identification of management practices that can improve soil health is critical to improving the sustainability of soybean [ Glycine max (L.) Merr.] production. The objective of this study was to examine the long-term effects of continuous soybean, corn-soybe…
Ferdinand Gohi Bi Zro, Martinez Arnauth Guei, Zoumana Konate, Tchimou Elvis Paterne, Dogniméton Soro, Sidiky Bakayoko
This study looks at the prevalence of swollen shoot disease in cocoa plantations in the Marahoué region of Côte d’Ivoire, a key cocoa-producing area. Cocoa accounts for around a third of the country’s export earnings, but production is under threat from the s…
Kenneth Ray Olson, Wadslin Frenelus
The Ganges and Brahmaputra River system is in the plains of the northern Indian subcontinent. The river is a wide sluggish stream flowing through densely populated and fertile agricultural regions of the world. The Ganges is known as the Hinduism holy river.…
Affi Jeanne Bongoua-Devisme, Wondouet Hippolyte Kpan, Pla Kouassi Adou, Franck Michaël Lemonou Bahan, Konan-Kan Hippolith Kouadio, Anselme Kan Louis Koko, 1 1
A study was conducted in Côte d’Ivoire to assess the after-effect of phosphate amendments on rice yields and soil properties. Eight types of amendments, composed of Moroccan phosphate rock (PRM) and triple superphosphate were tested in three agroecological zo…
Kenneth Ray Olson, Wadslin Frenelus
The Lancang-Mekong River in China, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Vietnam is the soul and heart of mainland Southeast Asia. Over 60 million people depend on the river and its tributaries for food, transportation, water, and other necessities of life.…
Ferdinand Gohi Bi Zro, Lacina Yeo, Bessimory Toure, Martinez Arnauth Guei, Dogniméton Soro, Sidiky Bakayoko
This study, which assesses the quality of soils under cocoa trees in the Marahoué region of Côte d’Ivoire, is being carried out against a backdrop of declining crop yields due to a number of factors, including the loss of soil fertility. The aim was to identi…
Bryan R. Higgins
This review explores the recent development of research on rainbow herbicides as chemical weapons and the geographies of chemical warfare in what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. While the use and impacts of Agent Orange have previously been well doc…
Hetti Hewage Suranjith Ariyasena, Xuerui Gao, Sohail Ahmad, Jiaqiong Zhang, Xining Zhao
Wind erosion represents a formidable environmental challenge and has serious negative impacts on soil health and agricultural productivity, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas. The complex dynamics of wind erosion make its large-scale monitoring and quan…
David R. Speidel, Kenneth R. Olson
The legacy of the human misery caused by the application of the herbicides including Agent Purple and Agent Orange contaminated with unknown amounts of dioxin TCDD and Agent Blue, the arsenic-based herbicide, sprayed over the jungles, rice fields, and hamlets…
Romary Ngnipa Tchinda, Rodrigue Emmanuel Kenne, Primus Azinwi Tamfuh, Jovanie Gladys Kenfack, Doris Temgoua Zombou, Désiré Évariste Moundjeu, Tsafack, Richard Tanwi Ghogomu, Emile Temgoua, Dieudonné Bitom Oyono, 1 1
The unbalanced and inadequate use of fertilizers is one of the causes of soil degradation. Combined with the ever-increasing population, it is necessary to find sustainable agricultural production alternatives. The present work aims to determine the effect of…
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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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