Characterization and Classification of Soil

ISBN-13: 9786206179429 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str.

Ukoh Ikpe Patrick

Opis

Soil is undoubtedly the most valuable and dependable natural resource but it is non-renewable in human time and therefore it has to be managed to maximize its conservation and productivity to feed the population. This book characterization and classification of soil along a toposequence and its implications on agricultural activities in Dundaye district Sokoto, Nigeria. The soils were rated as having very low available phosphorus. The soils were low in cation exchange capacity with high base saturation status. The soils were classified using the USDA soil Taxonomy system in which soils of the summit were classified as Typic Haplustepts, those of the shoulder as Vermic Ustorthents, and those of the foot slope as Typic Endoaquents, which correlated with Ruptic Cambisols, Eutric Fluvisols and Eutric Gleysols in the WRB system of classification.

O autorze

Ukoh Ikpe Patrick holds an MSc in Soil Science from Usmanu Danfodio University, Nigeria. His interest is in Pedology and Agroclimatology. He has worked extensively on Soil Geomorphology in the Sudan-Sahelian zone of Nigeria with a view to helping soil scientists and farmers adapt to the effects of climate change and improve the yield of grains.