This research investigate clayey, lateritic and sandy soils have been selected from agricultural lands in the South-Eastern Nigeria, for their phosphate sorption characteristics using column experiments, in order ascertain the movement of phosphate in the soils. The soil samples were equilibrated in 25ml of 0.01M CaCl2  containing different concentrations of P as KH2PO4 to produce initial conc...

this study was carried out as a factorial experiment with 5 levels of cadmium (cd) (o, 25, 50, 75, and 100 mg/kg), 5 levels of salinity (control, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ds/m), and two soil textures (sandy loam and clay loam). the results showed that the amount of cd in root and shoot of sunflower increased as soil salinity and cd concentration increased. the best concentrations for cd phytoremediation ...

The downward movement of carbofuran in two Malaysian soil types was studied using soil columns. The columns were filled with disturbed and undisturbed soils of either the Bagan Datoh soil (clay) or the Labu soil (sandy clay). The average total percentage of carbofuran in the leachate of the undisturbed Labu soil after 14 days of watering (80.8%) was approximately similar to that of the total am...

The diversity of diazotrophic bacteria in the rhizosphere of Melastoma malabathricum L. was investigated by cloning-sequencing of the nifH gene directly amplified from DNA extracted from soil. Samples were obtained from the rhizosphere and bulk soil of M. malabathricum growing in three different soil types (acid sulfate, peat and sandy clay soils) located very close to each other in south Kalim...

Soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines Ichinohe) (SCN) a major pest of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] in the southeastern USA. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of wet and dry silt loam and clay soils on SCN development and corresponding soybean yield response in a greenhouse study. ’Tracy-M’ soybean was grown in pots that contained either Dubbs ilt loam (fine-silty,...

Mineralogical studies for the <~2 ~ fractions are presented for seventeen soil profiles and two surface horizon samples, which represent eight soil types and five geological regions in the state. There was no evidence of clay mineral formation in the upper 6 feet or more of soil. X-ray diffraction data from the Lufkin, Ruston anr Katy soils suggested some decomposition of montmorillonite and ka...

Soil texture has been commonly associated with the population density of Heterodera glycines (soybean cyst nematode: SCN), but such an association has been mainly described in terms of textural classes. In this study, multivariate analysis and a generalized linear modeling approach were used to elucidate the quantitative relationship of soil texture with the observed SCN population density redu...

A commercial seed treatment containing Pseudomonas cepacia was applied to Glycine max cv. Williams 82 (susceptible to Heterodera glycines) and was compared to Fayette soybean (resistant to H. glycines) for control of H. glycines at two locations in Illinois. The soil at the first location was sandy in texture and the field was irrigated, whereas the soil at the second location was a silty clay ...

The adsorption study was conducted on three Japanese soils with different soil properties to characterize the adsorption pattern of Arsenic (As). Double tube method was used to find out the effect of soil moisture levels on As adsorption. For this study, besides double tube method, conventional batch method also was used. The As adsorption showed two phase kinetics. An initial and rapid adsorpt...