Field experiment was conducted with the objective to determine the effect of inorganic fertilizer on soil properties, growth and yield of maize at the Teaching and Research Farm, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Southern Guinea Savanna Zone of Nigeria, during 2017 and...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i330074
Traditional farming, particularly tillage has long been used by farmers to loosen the soil, make a seed bed and control weed. However, it has been discovered that tillage operations, overtime, cause a decline in soil fertility and overall productivity resulting from deterioration...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i330073
Conservation agriculture (CA) technologies involve minimum soil disturbance, permanent soil cover through crop residues or cover crops, and crop rotations for achieving higher productivity. Today tillage is seen destroying activity that leads to decline in organic matter and dest...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i330072
To assess the quality of River Onyongo catchment area for agricultural purposes. Field and laboratory assessment was carried out. Water resources potential assessment was carried out in part of River Onyongo catchments area. The topographical map was used to carve out the study a...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i230071
A field experiment was carried out at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Farm during the Rabi season of November 2008 to March 2009 to investigate effect of different levels of potassium fertilizer on the yield components of BARI Bush Bean-2. The red brown terrace soil of Tejg...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i230070
In Malawi, inoculating soybean with rhizobia, has been advocated for decades as a way of boosting productivity through enhancement of biological nitrogen fixation. The effectiveness of this strategy however, has been constrained by the low soil fertility status of soils in Malawi...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i230069
A. I. Sodimu, G. L. Lapkat, N. O. Oladele, O. Osunsina, R. Suleiman & T. A. Awobona·Asian Soil Research Journal·2020
The preliminary study was carried out to evaluate the growth performance of Jatropha curcas seedlings on different soils at the nursery of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization Afaka, Kaduna. Farm land soil, forest soil and granulated iron stone soil were sourced within t...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i230068
This paper presents soil quality as affected by dumped municipal solid waste. Landfill leachate was collected from a hole dug 10 m away from the waste dump site for laboratory analysis. Soil samples were also collected from four trial pits in the dumpsites at the depth of 0.3, 0....
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i230067
Field trials were conducted during 2017 and 2018 rainy season, to investigate the effect of nitrogen fertilizer rates and time of application on the growth and yield of cowpea. The treatment consisted of three levels of urea: 0, 40, 80 kg N ha-1 and the times of fertilizer applic...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i130066
M. O. Nwachukwu, J. N. Azorji, L. A. Adjero, M. C. Green, C. E. Igwe & R. I. A. Nnadozie·Asian Soil Research Journal·2020
This study investigated the impacts of spent engine oil on the physicochemical properties of soil, soil's microbial population and growth of Capsicum annuum. It covered assessment of different levels of contamination (0, 20, 40, 60 and 80%) in soil; which represents the degree of...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2020/v3i130064