EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS

Changes in water-stable aggregation depicting those associated with bringing soils under bush fallow to continuous cultivation were determined for six soils from Nigeria as related to artificial removal of organic matter and/or sesquioxides from the soils. Wet sieving, and mechanical analysis method...

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Udgivet: The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020
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description Changes in water-stable aggregation depicting those associated with bringing soils under bush fallow to continuous cultivation were determined for six soils from Nigeria as related to artificial removal of organic matter and/or sesquioxides from the soils. Wet sieving, and mechanical analysis methods of aggregate analysis were used. Water-stable aggregation was appreciable under fallow with mean weight diameter of the aggregates ranging from 2.1 to 4.3 mm. More than 75% of the water-stable aggregates of the soils was due to individual or combined effect of organic matter and sesquioxides. Organic matter binding was prominent In all the soils, virtually responsible for aggregation in the Alagba and Iwo soils (Alfisols) and Ngala (Vertisol) and produced equivalent enhancement of water-stable aggregation as sesquioxides in the more acid Itagunmodi and lkom soils (Ultisols). Aggregation In the plinthic Gambari soils was attributed mainly to sesquioxides of the selected soils. Results indicate greater vulnerability of the Alfisols compared to Ultisols reflecting differences in the sources of aggregate stabilisation.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-4652020-10-05T15:48:35Z EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS AINA, P. O. Organic matter, sesquioxides, wet sieving, mechanical analysis, aggregate analysis, water-stable aggregation Changes in water-stable aggregation depicting those associated with bringing soils under bush fallow to continuous cultivation were determined for six soils from Nigeria as related to artificial removal of organic matter and/or sesquioxides from the soils. Wet sieving, and mechanical analysis methods of aggregate analysis were used. Water-stable aggregation was appreciable under fallow with mean weight diameter of the aggregates ranging from 2.1 to 4.3 mm. More than 75% of the water-stable aggregates of the soils was due to individual or combined effect of organic matter and sesquioxides. Organic matter binding was prominent In all the soils, virtually responsible for aggregation in the Alagba and Iwo soils (Alfisols) and Ngala (Vertisol) and produced equivalent enhancement of water-stable aggregation as sesquioxides in the more acid Itagunmodi and lkom soils (Ultisols). Aggregation In the plinthic Gambari soils was attributed mainly to sesquioxides of the selected soils. Results indicate greater vulnerability of the Alfisols compared to Ultisols reflecting differences in the sources of aggregate stabilisation. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020-10-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/465 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 12 No. 1 (1990): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 10-16 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/465/348 Copyright (c) 2020 Ife Journal of Agriculture
spellingShingle Organic matter, sesquioxides, wet sieving, mechanical analysis, aggregate analysis, water-stable aggregation
AINA, P. O.
EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS
title EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS
title_full EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS
title_fullStr EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS
title_full_unstemmed EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS
title_short EFFECTS OF REMOVAL OF ORGANIC MATTER AND SESQUIOXIDES ON SURFACE SOIL STRUCTURE OF SOME SELECTED NIGERIAN SOILS
title_sort effects of removal of organic matter and sesquioxides on surface soil structure of some selected nigerian soils
topic Organic matter, sesquioxides, wet sieving, mechanical analysis, aggregate analysis, water-stable aggregation
topic_facet Organic matter, sesquioxides, wet sieving, mechanical analysis, aggregate analysis, water-stable aggregation
url https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/465
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