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The Impact of Cashew (Anacardium Occidentale) on Forest Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

A. O. Aweto  and
M. A. Ishola
A. O. Aweto
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
M. A. Ishola
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
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Summary

The impact of a 20-year-old cashew plantation on a forest soil was evaluated by comparing the properties of soil under cashew with that under an adjoining logged rain forest. The levels of organic carbon, nitrogen, exchangeable calcium and magnesium, and available phosphorus were similar under logged forest and cashew, suggesting that organic matter and nutrient cycles in a cashew plantation are similar to those in a logged rain forest and that cashew has no significant adverse effect on soil organic matter and nutrient status.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , July 1994 , pp. 337 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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