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

Influence of different leguminous crop on the ultisol that had been continuously cropped to cassava /maize for over six years

Nweke I. A.
  • Nweke I. A.
  • Department of Soil Science, Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra state, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 25 January 2016
  •  Accepted: 17 August 2016
  •  Published: 31 December 2016

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