Yearly Archives: 2024

Fig 1: AGROECOLOGY Agroecology is the bed rock of sustainable agriculture. It is a combination of agro and ecology to form the word Agroecology. Agro means agriculture and ecology means…

Fig 1: PHOSPHORUS Phosphorus is an essential macronutrient, though it is required in low quantity. It is critically required at early stage of development of plant and in energy transfer…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…