CARBON SEQUESTRATION, THE KEY TO HEALTHY SOIL
Fig 1: CARBON STORAGE The global reservoirs of carbon include: the atmosphere, the ocean, terrestrial plant biomass, and soil. Carbon is found within these reservoirs and exchanged of the carbon…
HEAVY METALS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT
Fig 1: HEAVY METALS CONTAMINATED SITE Heavy Metals are naturally occurring metals in the environment which are subdivisions of elements characterized with metallic properties. They include transition metals, some lanthanide,…
PHYTOREMEDIATION AN OPTION FOR RECOVERING CONTAMINATED SITE
Fig 1: USING PHYTOREMEDIATION TO RESTORE WATER QUALITY Pollution is the contamination of the environment, making it foul or filthy by destroying its purity. Or it can be simply defined…
BIOREMEDIATION
Fig 1: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION The world we live in is faced with several challenges, threats and hazards that has affected the survival of man and other living things. One of…
NITROGEN
Fig 1: NITROGEN Nitrogen is an essential nutrient used in relatively large amount (macronutrient) by all living things. It has a dramatic effect on plant growth and It is critically…
SOIL SALINITY
Fig 1: SOIL SALINITY Most salt affected soils occur in the arid and semi arid climates where rainfall is not sufficient to dissolve and leach salts such as Cl, SO4,…
LIME, REMEDY TO SOIL ACIDITY
Fig 1: AGRICULTURAL LIME One of the ways of increasing soil pH is by application of lime. The primary reasons for liming is to neutralise toxic elements in acid soil…
SOIL pH
Fig 1: PLANT GROWING ON SOIL The soil pH depends on the rock from which the soil are formed and also the weathering processes involved in soil formation. The weathering…
MYCORRHIZAE
Fig 1: SYMBIOTIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND PLANT Atimes plants grow in uncondusive environments and if left alone, they might not be productive. Such uncondusive environments or conditions may…