Browsing Research Articles [LISBE] by Subject "Agriculture"

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Land use patterns influence the distribution of potentially toxic elements in soils of the Usangu Basin, Tanzania

Mng’ong’o, Marco; Comber, Sean; Munishi, Linus; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Blake, William; Hutchinson, Thomas (Elsevier Ltd., 2021-12)

Spatial distribution of Potentially Toxic Elements (PTEs) in agricultural soils in Usangu Basin (Mbeya Region)-Tanzania were conducted. The study included three land-use types (paddy farming, maize farming, and conserved ...
Linking rhizosphere bacterial diversity and soil fertility in tobacco plants under different soil types and cropping pattern in Tanzania: A pilot study

Lisuma, Jacob; Zuberi, Zavuga; Ndakidemi, Patrick; Mbega, Ernest (Heliyon, 2020-07-08)

Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.), one of the major crop plants in Tanzania, cropping affects the level of soil fertility, but the reason has not been known. Plant rhizosphere plays an important role in affecting soil fertility ...