This study used the soil management assessment framework (SMAF) to evaluate the quality of wastewater irrigated soils in urban Kano, Nigeria in the dry season of 2012. Three sites each on Challawa and Jakara rivers receiving industrial and domestic wastewaters respectively were s...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13472
A total of 14 different fungal species belonging to 7 genera were isolated from the upland and lowland soils of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, between October to December, 2015. The mycoflora were isolated using dilution plate technique on Potato dextrose agar amended by 1%...
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Research Article10.9734/sajrm/2018/v1i2747
The study was carried out to assess the distribution of soil micronutrients at Bakalori Irrigation Project, Zamfara State. Three local government areas; Maradun (Upper slope), Talata Mafara (Middle slope) and Bakura (Lower slope) were purposively sampled along Sokoto River. Three...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2017/30777
S. A. Lukman, M. Audu, A. U. Dikko, H. G. Ahmed, M. M. Sauwa, M. Haliru, S. S. Noma, S. A. Yusif, A. Salisu & N. G. Hayatu·Asian Research Journal of Agriculture·2016
This study evaluated the effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (NPK 20-10-10) and cow dung on the performance of rice at two locations (Sokoto and Talata Mafara) in the Sudan savanna zone of Nigeria, during the 2012/2013 dry season. The treatments consisted of nine differe...
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Research Article10.9734/ARJA/2016/27277