Aims: Composting poultry manure is an effective way of enhancing its nutrient content and reduce nutrient losses. There is the need to reduce gaseous nutrient losses during composting through the use of covering materials. Assess the level of chemical enrichment of soil and sawdu...
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Research Article10.9734/ajsspn/2022/v8i230135
Henry Oppong Tuffour, Awudu Abubakari, Alex Amerh Agbeshie, Abdul Aziz Khalid, Erasmus Narteh Tetteh, Ali Keshavarzi, Mensah Bonsu, Charles Quansah, Jimmy Clifford Oppong & Lawrence Danso·Asian Soil Research Journal·2019
Aims: Direct methods of measuring saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks), either in situ or in the laboratory, are time consuming and very expensive. Several Pedotransfer functions (PTFs) are available for estimating Ks, with each having its own limitations. In this study, the per...
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Research Article10.9734/asrj/2019/v2i230046
Surface sealing, and their role in runoff and erosion, especially, in agricultural fields have been recognized as major set-backs to irrigation operations. Though the process is restricted to only the topmost soil layer of some few millimetres in depth, surface sealing can substa...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2017/27701
Aims: The study was conducted to assess the effects of different soil tillage practices and soil amendments on soil hydraulic characteristics. Study Design: The study was a 3 × 4 split-plot experiment arranged in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with 3 replications. Method...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i2131260
The current production of oil palm in Africa has been severely limited by long periods of drought and perennial floods due to the increased rates of climate change. The study was aimed at assessing the climatic variability trends in 7 major Oil Palm growing areas (Benso, Mpohor,...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2024/v46i22311
Two factorial pot experiments arranged in a Completely Randomised Design (CRD) with three replications were carried out to assess the impact of different levels of soil compaction and fertilizer amendments on root growth and biomass yield of maize (Zea mays L.) and soybean (Glyci...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2019/v27i630094
Mechanical impedance to root growth is one of the most important factors determining root elongation and proliferation within a soil profile. Two pot experiments were conducted at the Department of Horticulture, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, to determine the impact of subsurface compacti...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2019/v35i330207
The amount of environmental issues related to the loss of forest cover resulting from anthropogenic perturbations leading to low levels of production, and in consequence, intensification and increased deforestation are serious concerns in Ghana, especially in the Savanna Agro-eco...
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Research Article10.9734/ACRI/2016/27761