The growth and yield of Egusi melon in response to application of an Organo-mineral fertilizer was investigated. The Organo-mineral fertilizer was Cow-dung generated from an Abattoir fortified with inorganic Nitrogen. The fertilizer had a pH of 6.1; 61.2 g kg Organic Matter; 35.5 g kg -1 -1 Organic Carbon; 3.6g kg Nitrogen; 372.54 mg kg Available Phosphorus and 14.8cmol kg -1 -1 -1 Exchangeable...

The high levels of soil organic matter (SOM), frequently found in soils with large content of noncrystalline minerals, are traditionally considered the result of strong organo-mineral interactions. Amorphous oxides are likely to provide active sites for SOM sequestration at the colloidal level. Considering that preservation of SOM is favoured by adsorption of humic colloids onto mineral surface...

Earthworms transform organo-mineral associations in soil, especially by incorporating fresh residues inside casts where the microbial abundance and activity are enhanced. The heterogeneous distribution of organic carbon in these structures influences decomposition levels at the microscale. The incorporation of 13C labelled plant residues by Lumbricus terrestris inside cast was investigated, thr...

Eg 1: The sodium pyrophosphate (Na-pyro) extractable data (highlighted) in Table 3 are wrong as published. The correct version of the table is given below. The error occurred in the revision phase of the manuscript (the table was correct in the first version) when the acid oxalate data were copied twice. We apologize for the mistake. The description in the manuscript is based on the correct dat...

Solid and aqueous phase Al species are recognized to affect organic matter (OM) stabilization in forest soils. However, little is known about the dynamics of formation, composition and dissolution of organo-Al hydroxide complexes in microbiallyactive soil systems, where plant litter is subject to microbial decomposition in close proximity to mineral weathering reactions. We incubated gibbsite–q...