Soil fertility status of the Kano River irrigation project area in the Sudan Savanna of Nigeria

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 692-696

  Jibrin, J M ^a   Abubakar, S Z ^b   Suleiman, A ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Sodicity; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; SURVEYS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; FIELD DRAINS; IRRIGATION PROJECTS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SODICITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL SODICITY; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING;

SOILS;

EID: 41949126460     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.692.696     Document Type: Article

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