ABSTRACT Cadmium (Cd) is a common environmental contaminant found in soils. Unlike other metals. Cd has no biological role, and is potentially toxic to microorganisms. The concentrations of cadmium in agricultural soils depend upon the amounts present in the parent rocks from which the soils form, the amounts added in the form of fertilizers and soil amendments, the amounts deposited onto soils from the atmosphere, and the amounts removed by harvested crops and by leaching. Its aim was t...
ABSTRACT Water is an important resource for almost all human activities like agriculture, industry, transportation, domestic uses and the proper functioning of the human body, The study examined the physiochemical properties and potentially toxic metals in hand-dug wells and boreholes in Ikole Ekiti and its Environs. Six functional hand-dug wells and six boreholes in the area were sampled and analyzed using standard procedures. Potential toxic metals were determined using Atomic Absorption S...
ABSTRACT Many households are used to the construction of shallow wells, but the wells hardly provide adequate water supply in term of volume and quality throughout the year. As a result, government adopted the construction of boreholes as an alternative to pipe-borne water supply and as an immediate solution to water supply and quality problem. Groundwater (borehole water) samples were collected randomly from two (2) Local Government Areas: Akure south (Oda, Ijoka, Sebi, Kajola, Ijapo hous...
ABSTRACT Greenhouse study was conducted at Federal University Oye- Ekiti, Department of Soil Science and Land Resources Management between June and August 2016 to compare the growth and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) using different rates of organic (Tithonia diversifolia) and Inorganic fertilizer. The effect of the amendments on the soil chemical properties was also evaluated. The experiment was laid out in a Completely Randomized Design with four replications. Tithonia diversifolia was appl...
ABSTRACT This study examines the rainfall distribution and the length of the growing season in Northern Nigeria using the daily rainfall data from the selected stations Gasua, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Maiduguri, Potiskum, Sokoto, Yelwa, Zaria. The data were collected from the archives of the Nigerian Meteorological Services, Oshodi, Lagos. The length of the growing season was determined using the cumulative percentage mean rainfall method. The growing seasons in Gasau, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, ...
ABSTRACT Sustainable use of soils requires in-depth knowledge of the formation, genesis and properties of soil. It is in view of this that some soils derived from granitic parent rock in Ikole, South- western Nigeria covering 33.7 hectares of land where mapped at a scale of 1:50,000 using a combination of convectional and remote sensing methods of soil survey. The objective was to generate detailed information on the properties of the soil for their sustainable agricultural use and managem...
ABSTRACT Exploring the impact of changes in land use in soils of the desert margin soils in Nigeria .This research is a key component to global climate change. Soil samples were taken in two vegetation zone Sahel and Sudan Savannah under four different land uses( Forest Area, Arable land, Fallow land and Grazing land) at a depth of 0-15cm. The locations under Sahel Savannah are Goronyo ,Gamawa and Minjibir while the site under Sudan Savannah are Hadeija and Ulela. A 5x4x3 factorial experime...
ABSTRACT The estimation of ionic strength and its activities in well water source within the vicinity of Ikole local government Ekiti state was conducted. A total of fifteen ( 15) water samples were collected from five locations (Al, A2, A3, Bl, B2, B3, Cl, C2, C3, DI, D2, D3, El, E2 and E3) from the study area. These samples were examined for major cations and major anions using Atomic Absorption Spectro-photometer (210 / 211 YGP (AAS)) and Technicon Auto analyzer AAII system respectively. F...
ABSTRACT Field experiment was conducted to evaluate the combined effects of drip irrigation frequency and different mulching materials on the growth and yield of okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L, Moench). The field experiment was 3 x 3 factorial using Randomized Complete Block Design. The factors were three irrigation intervals (daily, twice and thrice weekly) and three mulches (plastic, grasses and no mulch) and replicated four times. It was observed from the result that okra responded signifi...
ABSTRACT Management practices to adopt in improving the land productivity has always been a challenge. The arable land used for farm practical year students and the fadama used for raising vegetable.s and maize during the dry season are spoken about as not very productive. This is due to the gross lack of information on both the physical and chemical properties of the soils under the different land use types in the Federal University Oye-Ekiti. These land use types continued for over three ...
ABSTRACT This study focus on the physiochemical and microbial characteristics of pure water sachet in Ado-Ekiti. A total of sixteen pure water sachet from sixteen brand were collected at random and their physiochemical and microbial parameters were analysed The colour, taste, odour, turbidity, temperature, pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids, total hardness, chloride, sulphate, nitrate, phosphate. and microbial parameters of the stored samples were analysed ,turbidity of the...
ABSTRACT This research was conducted in Ikole-Ekiti to evaluate the effects of four land use types (forest plantation, arable land, fallow land and ranchland) and soil depth on soil organic carbon fractions namely; particulate organic carbon (POC), soil microbial biomass carbon (SMBC), total organic carbon (TOC) and water soluble organic carbon (WSOC). Soil samples were taken at 0-5, 5-10, I0-20 and 20-30 cm and 0-30 cm depths at each site using soil auger. The soil samples were analyzed fo...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the sanitary assessment and physiochemical characteristics of hand-dug wells in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria with a view to support the operation and maintenance of hand-dug wells by providing clear guidance for remedial action to protect and improve water supply in the study area. The town was zoned into ten areas and 50 wells were randomly selected for sanitary risk assessment using the sanitary inspection forms and ten water samples were collected f...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the disposal of medical wastes in health institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria. It involves visitation, survey work which entails administration of questionnaire and library study to gather information which includes type of waste, volume of waste generated and the disposal system adopted by the health institution. The project involved the visitation of clinics, private and public hospitals in various local government in Ekiti State. The types of medical wast...
ABSTRACT In the bid to ensure adequate water supply, packaged water has been introduced to provide safe and affordable drinking water. In spite of the varying levels of contamination, sachet water is still well accepted. This study therefore employed both quantitative and qualitative research designs to draw out survey and semi - structured interview responses. The study shows the perception of respondents based on the various sachet water brands, consumption pattern, sachet water safety, p...