?DETERMINATION OF AVAILABLE BORON CONTENT OF THE SOILS OF JOS PLATEAU, NIGERIA

Authors

  • S S ASAOLU Department of Chemistry, Ondo State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

Keywords:

Soils, Boron content. Nigeria.

Abstract

The available boron content of sixteen soilsamplesfrom an agriculturalareaofJos Plateau werecritically inves-
tigated.The hotwaterextractableboron(availableboron)contentswerefoundtorangefrom6.0ppmto 14.5 ppm.These
values lie outside therange (0.5-5.0 ppm)requiredby most plantsandmay provetoxic ifcorrections are notapplied.
Theboroncontentofthetopsoilswereslightlyhigherin allcasesthaninthesub-soils.Relationshipbetweentheavailable
boron andthepHofthesoilsamplesfollowedtheusualtrendi.e.theboroncontentofthesampleswerefoundtoincrease
as the soils pH increased.

Published

1995-01-23

How to Cite

ASAOLU, S. S. (1995). ?DETERMINATION OF AVAILABLE BORON CONTENT OF THE SOILS OF JOS PLATEAU, NIGERIA. Biological Sciences - PJSIR, 38(1), 5–7. Retrieved from http://biostaging.pjsir.org/index.php/biological-sciences/article/view/2422

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 1 (1995): Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Section

Articles