Effects of Continuous Fertilizer Use on a Ferruginous Soil (Haplustalf) In Nigeria
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Experimental Agriculture
- Vol. 15 (3) , 257-265
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0014479700010322
Abstract
SUMMARY: In a long-term fertility study it was observed that judicious use of chemical fertilizers maintained the levels of soil pH, total N, organic C, CEC and exchangeable Ca. Highest accumulation of exchangeable Ca and Mg was found in the 40–60 cm layer. Absence of Mg and K from the fertilizer schedule resulted in a decrease in the amounts of those elements in the soil. Profile CEC and exchangeable Ca were not affected much by the application of K or trace elements. Compared with adjacent grass fallow or virgin bush land, only the values of C/N ratio, CEC and exchangeable Mg decreased on cultivation. All the crops responded well to fertility levels but not to K; trace element response was confined to cotton and groundnut.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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