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Evaluation of Soil Fertility Potentials of Some Selected Arable Lands in Yola South North-Eastern Part of Nigeria

Sulieman Umar Mohammed, Abdulqadir Abubakar Sadiq and Umar, Mohammed Bello

Abstract

This research aimed to empirically evaluate soil fertility potentials of some selected arable lands in Yola South North-eastern part of Nigeria. Three (3) locations were selected where farming activities are intensively carried out namely Bole, Mbamba and Yolde pate respectively. At each of the location ten (10) soil samples at the depth of 0-20 cm (surface) and 20-40 cm (subsurface) were collected totaling to sixty (60) samples, prepared and stored for laboratory analysis accordingly. The data obtained were subjected to analysis of variance using Statistical Application for Sciences (SAS, 2020). The results revealed that the soil texture varied from sandy loam to clay with high Bd and low TP. The TN and OM were very low to low in all the areas (0.11-

Keywords

Arable landsEvaluationSoil fertilityYola

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