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Variability in Soil Properties as Influenced by Different Land Use Types in an Ultisols of the Tropical Region, Delta State, Nigeria Cover

Variability in Soil Properties as Influenced by Different Land Use Types in an Ultisols of the Tropical Region, Delta State, Nigeria

Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica
Volume 47 (2014): Issue 2 (June 2014)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ats-2014-0006 | Journal eISSN: 1801-0571 | Journal ISSN: 0231-5742
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Language: English
Page range: 43 - 48
Submitted on: Nov 19, 2013
Accepted on: Jun 9, 2014
Published on: Jun 26, 2014
Published by: Mendel University in Brno
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
sand,
silt,
clay,
organic carbon,
total nitrogen,
available phosphorus,
soil pH
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Plant science

© 2014 Collins Nnamdi Egbuchua, published by Mendel University in Brno
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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