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Kou B, Hui K, Miao F, He Y, Qu C, Yuan Y, Tan W. Differential responses of the properties of soil humic acid and fulvic acid to nitrogen addition in the North China Plain. Environ Res 2022; 214:113980. [PMID: 35998702 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Humus (HS) is an important component of soil organic matter. Humic acid (HA) and fulvic acid (FA) are two of the most important components of HS, as they substantially affect biogeochemical processes and the migration and transformation of pollutants in soil. Long-term nitrogen (N) addition can lead to changes in soil physical and chemical properties, affect the structural characteristics of soil HS (HA and FA), cause changes in the adsorption and migration of pollutants, and ultimately result in the continuous deterioration of the soil ecological environment. However, few studies have examined the effects of N addition on the structural characteristics of soil HS, including the responses of soil HA and FA to N addition. Here, we conducted a long-term positioning experiment with different levels of N addition (CK: 0 kg N ha-1 yr-1, LN: 100 kg N ha-1 yr-1, and HN: 300 kg N ha-1 yr-1) in typical farmland soils of the North China Plain to study the response of soil HA and FA to N addition. N addition altered the physical and chemical properties of soil (e.g., pH, SOC, TN, and enzyme activity), which affected the responses of the chemical structure, quality indexes, and composition distribution of soil HA and FA to N addition. Differences in the response to N addition between HA and FA were observed. The structural characteristics of FA were stronger in response to HN compared with those of soil HA. As the level of N added increased, soil FA degradation increased, the composition distribution changed, the aromatization degree and molecular weight decreased, and the molecular structure became simpler. The properties of soil HA did not significantly respond to N addition. Given increases in the global N input (N addition and N deposition), our results have implications for agricultural fertilization, soil management, and other activities.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bing Kou
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, 710065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; School of Chemical Engineering, Guizhou Institute of Technology, Guiyang, 550003, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China; College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, 710065, China
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- Beijing Guo Zhong Biology Technology Co., Ltd, Beijing, 101220, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xi'an Shiyou University, Xi'an, 710065, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, and State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Simulation and Control of Groundwater Pollution, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing, 100012, China
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da Silva RJAB, da Silva YJAB, van Straaten P, do Nascimento CWA, Biondi CM, da Silva YJAB, de Araújo Filho JC. Influence of parent material on soil chemical characteristics in a semi-arid tropical region of Northeast Brazil. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:331. [PMID: 35386016 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-09914-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Soil parental material is one of the main factors that influence pedogenesis. Several studies evaluated the relationship between the parent material and soil chemistry, but few studies have assessed such a relationship in semi-arid tropical regions. This investigation was carried out to assess the effect of different parent materials on the chemical composition and available concentrations of macronutrients and micronutrients, including potentially toxic elements (Cd, Cr, Ni, and Pb) in soils in a semi-arid tropical setting. The chemical composition of the soils inherited the geochemical signature of their parent materials. Quartz sandstones, augen gneisses, and peraluminous granites exhibited the lowest reservoirs of plant nutrients and formed sandy, acid, and infertile soils. On the other hand, alkaline soils and soils with high concentrations of nutrients formed on ultramafic rocks (harzburgite), marble, and anorthosite. The pH, clay content, and CEC were the main attributes of the soils governing the availability of macro and micronutrients. The low soil organic carbon contents did not influence the availability of the nutrients. The parent material also influenced the soil texture. Parent materials that are richer in silica formed more sandy soils. The availability of Cd, Cr, and Pb in soils was low; however, the elevated Ni concentrations of soils derived from ultramafic rocks may pose risks to the environment and human health. Cluster and discriminant analyses were used to discriminate the natural fertility of soils. These results are useful for the agro-pedological zoning of the Brazilian semi-arid tropical region and for land use planning.
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- Rayanna Jacques Agra Bezerra da Silva
- Agronomy Department, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Dom Manuel de Medeiros street, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil
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- Agronomy Department, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Dom Manuel de Medeiros street, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil.
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- Professor Emeritus, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Agronomy Department, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Dom Manuel de Medeiros street, s/n - Dois Irmãos, Recife, PE, 52171-900, Brazil
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- Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa Solos), Unidade de Execução de Pesquisa (UEP), Recife, PE, 51020-240, Brazil
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Gjoka F, Duering RA, Siemens J. Background concentrations and spatial distribution of heavy metals in Albania's soils. Environ Monit Assess 2022; 194:115. [PMID: 35064814 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-09749-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This research aimed to determine the background and precautionary values of Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn, Co, As, and Hg and provide the spatial distribution of these metals in Albania's soils using statistical and geostatistical methods. Since the distribution of the data was commonly not Gaussian, they were transformed into their natural logarithm for deriving background concentrations and precautionary values. Background concentrations were defined as antilog of the median. Precautionary concentration values for soil protection were defined as antilog of 90th percentile of the ln-transformed data. Background concentrations in forest soils were larger compared to those in soils under other land use types. The largest background concentrations for Cd, Cr, Ni, Cu, Co, and Zn were found in forest soils formed on magmatic rocks, while largest concentrations of Pb and Hg were found in soils formed on flysch and molasse. The background values and precautionary concentration values (in brackets) (mg kg-1) for agricultural soils across flysch/molasses and quaternary deposits were as follows: Cd 0.24 (0.82), Cr 131.63 (527.42), Cu 41.26 (72.75), Ni 287.15 (632.70), Pb 19.11 (284.86), Zn 81.80 (113.90). The largest background values for Cd and Zn were found in Phaeozems, for Cr, Pb, and Co in Luvisols and Cambisols, and for Cu, Hg, and Ni in Fluvisols. The proposed background concentrations and precautionary values complete the picture of metal contents in European soils, can be used as reference concentrations for the Albanian environmental legislation, and allow the identification of potential contamination hot spots.
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- Fran Gjoka
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Agricultural University of Tirana, Koder-Kamez 1029, Tirana, Albania.
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition (iFZ), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Institute of Soil Science and Soil Conservation, Research Centre for Biosystems, Land Use and Nutrition (iFZ), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Usevičiūtė L, Baltrėnaitė-Gedienė E, Feizienė D. The Combined Effect of Biochar and Mineral Fertilizer on Triticale Yield, Soil Properties under Different Tillage Systems. Plants (Basel) 2021; 11:111. [PMID: 35009114 PMCID: PMC8747193 DOI: 10.3390/plants11010111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This study examined the effect of study time, biochar dose, and fertilization-tillage system on the improvement of sandy loam physical-chemical properties and triticale grain yield. The soil properties (water holding capacity (WHC), wettability, moisture content (MC), organic matter content (SOM), pH, and electrical conductivity (EC) were monitored in short time intervals (after 3, 6, 12, and 24 months). Soil was tilled in two methods (shallow ploughless tillage and direct drilling), fertilized with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) fertilizers, and amended with three hydrophobic pine wood biochar doses (0 t/ha; 5 t/ha; 15 t/ha). It was found that 15 t/ha biochar dose had the highest effect on the soil's physical-chemical properties improvement (SOM increased by 33.7%, pH-by 6.84%, EC-by 23.4%, WHC-by 8.48%, and MC-by 21.8%) compared to the variants without biochar. Direct drilling, fertilization with NPK fertilizers and 15 t/ha biochar dose significantly influenced the rise of soil's physical-chemical properties and triticale yield (3.51 t/ha).
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- Luiza Usevičiūtė
- Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania;
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- Research Institute of Environmental Protection, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio al. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania;
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- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Agriculture, Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai, Lithuania;
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Kolesnikov S, Timoshenko A, Minnikova T, Tsepina N, Kazeev K, Akimenko Y, Zhadobin A, Shuvaeva V, Rajput VD, Mandzhieva S, Sushkova S, Minkina T, Dudnikova T, Mazarji M, Alamri S, Siddiqui MH, Singh RK. Impact of Metal-Based Nanoparticles on Cambisol Microbial Functionality, Enzyme Activity, and Plant Growth. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:2080. [PMID: 34685888 PMCID: PMC8539194 DOI: 10.3390/plants10102080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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An increase in the penetration of metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) into the environment requires an assessment of their ecotoxicity as they impair the critical activity of plants, animals, bacteria, and enzymes. Therefore, the study aimed to observe the effects of metal-based NPs, including copper (Cu), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn), on the Cambisols, which cover a significant part of the earth's soil and play an important role in the biosphere. Metal-based NPs were introduced into the soil at concentrations of 100, 1000, and 10,000 mg/kg. The biological properties of the soil are being investigated as the most sensitive to external contamination. The highest ecotoxicity of the studied pollutants introduced into the soil at the same concentrations was shown by Cu (up to 34%) and Zn (up to 30%) NPs, while Ni NPs showed less (up to 22%). Microbiological (total number of bacteria, Azotobacter sp. abundance) and phytotoxic properties (radish seed germination and length of roots) of Cambisols were more sensitive (22-53%) to pollution by NPs of Cu, Zn, and Ni, while enzymatic activity (catalase and dehydrogenases) showed less sensitivity (14-32%). The present results could be useful for biomonitoring the state of contaminated soils, especially by NPs.
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- Sergey Kolesnikov
- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Academy of Biology and Biotechnology Named D.I. Ivanovsky, Southern Federal University, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia; (S.K.); (A.T.); (T.M.); (N.T.); (K.K.); (Y.A.); (V.S.); (S.M.); (S.S.); (T.M.); (T.D.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.); (M.H.S.)
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- Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; (S.A.); (M.H.S.)
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- Centro de Química de Vila Real, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal;
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Nguemezi C, Tematio P, Yemefack M, Tsozue D, Silatsa TBF. Soil quality and soil fertility status in major soil groups at the Tombel area, South-West Cameroon. Heliyon 2020; 6:e03432. [PMID: 32140582 PMCID: PMC7049644 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e03432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Among the greatest challenges of Sub-Saharan Africa is the need for more crop production for supplying the increasing demand of its growing population. For this purpose, knowledge on soil resources and their agricultural potentials is important for defining proper and appropriate land use and management. We thus investigated on the status of soil fertility in Tombel area, in order to produce such knowledge through understanding and monitoring the impact of physicochemical properties of soil. Diverse analyses performed on various datasets demonstrated the direct impact of physicochemical properties of soil and derived soil fertility parameters on major constraints for plant growth and optimal crop production such as water retention capacity, roots development, soils aeration, nutrients availability, nutrients abundance and cations balance. Based on physicochemical soil properties, fertility parameters and Soil Quality Index (SQI), four soil fertility classes were identified in the area: (i) very good fertility soils (66 km2) that corresponds to Dystric Vitric Andosols (Melanic) above 500m asl; (ii) good fertility soils (506 km2), grouping Dystric Vitric Andosols (Melanic) below 500m asl and Leptic Fragic Umbrisols; (iii) fairly good fertile soils (787 km2) including Dystric Fragic Cambisols (Humic), Rhodic Acrisols (Cutanic Humic), Fragic Umbrisols (Arenic), and Mollic Ferralsols (Eutric Humic); (iv) poorly fertile soils (375 km2) including Umbric Andosols (Fragic) and Umbric Pisoplinthic Plinthosols (Haplic Dystric). The principal indicators controlling soil quality in the Tombel area as derived from ANOVA and PCA analyses, are: Ca, Mg, pH water, organic matter (OM), available P, total Nitrogen and CEC. Four of the seven indicators (Ca, pH, OM, P) were also identified as important indicators for assessing the fertility status of the different soils groups in the Tombel area.
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- C Nguemezi
- University of Dschang, Faculty of Science, Department of Earth Science, P.O.Box. 67, Dschang, Cameroon
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- University of Dschang, Faculty of Science, Department of Earth Science, P.O.Box. 67, Dschang, Cameroon
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- International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Nkolbisson, P.O.Box 2008 (Messa), Yaoundé, Cameroon
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- University of Maroua, Department of Earth Science, Faculty of Science, P.O.Box 814, Maroua, Cameroon
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- University of Dschang, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Science (FASA), Department of Soil Science Dschang, Cameroon
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