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ArticleScientific reports2025

Impact of various soil amendments on temporal NPK release, soil quality and maize yield in tropical Alfisols of Zaria, Nigeria.

Yasin Agono Awwal, Micah Dantani Angyu, Rotimi John Afolabi

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yasin Agono AwwalDepartment of Soil Science & Land Resources Management, Federal University Wukari, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria. awwalyasin313@gmail.com.
Micah Dantani AngyuDepartment of Soil Science & Land Resources Management, Federal University Wukari, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria.
Rotimi John AfolabiDepartment of Soil Science & Land Resources Management, Federal University Wukari, Wukari, Taraba State, Nigeria.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sustainable crop production in tropical regions is challenged by poor soil fertility, necessitating effective soil amendment strategies. This study evaluated the temporal effects of five soil amendments-compost (CMP), biochar (BCH), co-composted biochar (C-BCH), a mixture of compost and biochar (CMP + BCH), and NPK fertilizer-on NPK release patterns, soil quality, and maize performance in the Alfisols of Zaria, Nigeria. The experiment followed a randomized complete block design with six treatments (including control) and three replications, applied at 15 t ha

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AlfisolsMaizeNPK temporal dynamicsSoil organic amendmentsSoil quality indicatorsSQI methods

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PMID41290859
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