Found 27 result(s) for "Soil"
Can Scatterhoarding Rodents Assume the Role of Effective Large Seed Dispersers in a Fragmented Afromontane Forest?
Anthropogenic pressure has led to fragmentation of tropical forests and defaunation of local animal communities (particularly large-bodied vertebrates). Loss of large frugivore spe...
Effect of Tillage and Millet Residue Mulch Rates on Water Use Efficiency of Cowpea [vigna Unguiculata (l.) Walp] in Maiduguri, Nigeria
A field experiment was conducted at the University of Maiduguri Teaching and Research Farm to determine the effect of tillage and millet crop residue mulch rates on water use effic...
Fertility Evaluation of Some Soils in Mabudi Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria
The study of soil properties in natural and man-made ecosystems is important in developing appropriate ecological sustainable management plans. In this study, the physical and chem...
Assessment of Physicochemical Characteristics and Determination of Class of Vertisols in Mbalwaba, Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State
The researched was conducted with the aimed of examining the physicochemical characteristics and identifying the class of Vertisols in Mbalwaha. Pre-field survey involved gathering...
Evaluation of Some Heavy Metals in Wetland Soil and Vegetable Sorrel (hibiscus Sabdariffa (l.) Cultivated in Mubi North Local Government Area, Adamawa State
This research aims at assessing the level of some heavy metals (Cu, Ni, Pb) contamination in wetland soil and vegetable sorrel (Hibiscus sabdariffa) cultivated in Mubi North Local ...
Development of a Smart Soil Nutrient and Water Level Analysis System for Different Land Use Options Using Internet of Things (iot)
An experiment was conducted to study soil analysis methods (conventional laboratory and a smart soil analyses) on nutrient mining and availability under different land use patterns...
Hypsometric Analysis of the River Digil Catchment in Mubi Adamawa State, Nigeria
Hypsometric analysis as a method of evaluating erosion proneness of river catchment areas has gained wider popularity in recent time. Assessment of the stage of evolution of a land...
Evaluation of Binary Combination of Rice Husk Ash With Some Other Insecticidal Plant Powders in Grain Protection Against Damage by Two Storage Beetles
Evaluation of protectant ability of Jemila rice variety husk ash (JRHA) in binary combination with some other insecticidal plant powders against grain damage by the cowpea seed bee...
Effect of Desert Date (balanite. Aegyptiacal.) Leaf Powder on Root Knot Nematodes (meloidogyne. Incognita Kofoid and White 1919) Infestation on Tomato Plant (solanum Lycopersicum Mill.) in Yola, Adamawa State
Screen house experiment (potted experiment) was conducted at the landscape garden of Modibbo Adama University Yola to evaluate the efficacy of plant powder for the control of root-...
Influences of Cocoa Pod Husk, Cocoa Pod Husk Biochar and Npk Fertilizer on Soil Properties and Growth Performance of Plantain (musa Paradisiacal L) in Ile-oluji, Ondo State, Nigeria
Field experiment was carried out during 2018 cropping season at Ile-Oluji in the rain forest zone of Nigeria to study the effects of cocoa pod husk (CPH), cocoa pod husk biochar (C...