Journal of
Soil Science and Environmental Management

  • Abbreviation: J. Soil Sci. Environ. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2391
  • DOI: 10.5897/JSSEM
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 314

Full Length Research Paper

The effect of Jatropha curcas L. leaf litter decomposition on soil carbon and nitrogen status and bacterial community structure (Senegal)

Tidiane Dieye
  • Tidiane Dieye
  • Centre de Recherche IRD-ISRA de Bel-Air, UMR 210 Eco&Sols LMI IESOL, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne des Sols et Agrosystèmes Tropicaux, B.P. 1386 CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Komi Assigbetse*
  • Komi Assigbetse*
  • Centre de Recherche IRD-ISRA de Bel-Air, UMR 210 Eco&Sols LMI IESOL, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne des Sols et Agrosystèmes Tropicaux, B.P. 1386 CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Ibrahima Diedhiou
  • Ibrahima Diedhiou
  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Agriculture, Thiès, Senegal.
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Mbacké Sembene
  • Mbacké Sembene
  • Département de Biologie Animale, Université Cheikh Anta Diop Dakar, Senegal.
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Amadou Lamine Dieng
  • Amadou Lamine Dieng
  • Centre de Recherche IRD-ISRA de Bel-Air, UMR 210 Eco&Sols LMI IESOL, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne des Sols et Agrosystèmes Tropicaux, B.P. 1386 CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Mariama Gueye
  • Mariama Gueye
  • Centre de Recherche IRD-ISRA de Bel-Air, UMR 210 Eco&Sols LMI IESOL, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne des Sols et Agrosystèmes Tropicaux, B.P. 1386 CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Dominique Masse
  • Dominique Masse
  • Centre de Recherche IRD-ISRA de Bel-Air, UMR 210 Eco&Sols LMI IESOL, Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne des Sols et Agrosystèmes Tropicaux, B.P. 1386 CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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  •  Received: 08 October 2015
  •  Accepted: 26 November 2015
  •  Published: 31 March 2016

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