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    • Effect of linear view approach of weed management in agro-ecosystem: A review 

      Muli, K. Gideon; Apori, O. Samuel; Ssekandi, Joseph; Murongo, Marius; Hanyabui, Emmanuel (Academic Journals, 2020-12-18)
      Weeds are considered a pest that is detrimental to human interest. Weeds compete with cultivated and desirable plants for space, soil nutrient, and sunlight and soil moisture thereby reducing crop productivity. Weeds also ...
    • Evaluation of Soil Fertility Status in Oil Palm Plantations in the Western Region of Ghana 

      Apori, Samuel Obeng; Adams, Sadick; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Mohammed, Musah; Murongo, Marius; Kwasi Acheampong, Mark (AIMS Press, 2020-11-20)
      Oil palm is regarded as one of the tree crops that utilize a high amount of soil nutrients for optimum growth and development. Farmers in the western region of Ghana have complained immensely of small fruit bunch of their ...
    • Implementation of COVID-19 Control Measures: Effect on Fertilizer Supply and Soil Fertility in Africa 

      Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Apori, Samuel Obeng; Akaba, Selorm; Ssekandi, Joseph (Academic Journals, 2021-07)
      The unexpected outbreak of novel COVID-19 in late 2019 and continual spread across the world has disrupted the agricultural value chain. The World Health Organization (WHO) prescribed border closure, lockdown, social ...
    • Moringa Oleifera Seeds as a Low-cost Biosorbent for Removing Heavy Metals from Waste Water 

      Obeng Apori, Samuel; Atiah, Kofi; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Byalebeka, John (University PIM, Banja Luka, 2020-05)
      Heavy metals are considered to be one of the major contaminants of water in recent years due to their non-biodegradable property; hence making them toxic and bioaccumulate to living organisms. ...
    • Phosphorus Sorption in Tropical Soils 

      Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Obeng Apori, Samuel; Agyei Frimpong, Kwame; Atiah, Kofi; Abindaw, Thomas; Ali, Muhammed; Yeboah Asiamah, Joshua; Byalebeka, John (AIMS Press, 2020-09)
      Phosphorus is an important primary nutrient required by plants in large quantities. The various forms of P that plants can take up are the primary monobasic phosphate ion (H2PO4−), secondary dibasic phosphate ion ...
    • The Potential of Biodiversity Utilization and Sustainable Development in Ghana 

      Asiamah, Joshua Yeboah; Kyei, Foster; Obeng Apori, Samuel; Agbeko, Rosemary; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Danquah, Andrews; Balde, Issa (Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania, 2020)
      The search for sustainable economic growth and development in Ghana commenced in 1957 when the country gained independence. After the first president, Kwame Nkrumah was overthrown in 1966, the nation witnessed a significant ...
    • Potential of Termite Mounds and its Surrounding Soils as Soil Amendments in Smallholder Farms in Central Uganda 

      Obeng Apori, Samuel; Murongo, Marius; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Atiah, Kofi; Byalebeka, John (BMC Research Notes, 2020)
      The low fertility of highly weathered soils has been a major problem for resource-constrained small-holder farmers. In central Uganda, smallholder farmers have been collecting termite mound soils anywhere around the termite ...
    • Role of Military Termites (Pseudocanthotermes militaris) in Improving Soil Productivity in Tropical Agroecosystems 

      Apori, Samuel Obeng; Murongo, Marius Flarian; Hanyabui, Emmanuel; Muli, Gideon Kalii; Wamuyu, Beatrice (Annual Research & Review in Biology, 2020-06)
      Termites are insects classified at the taxonomic rank of infrared Isoptera. They are soil animals since they spend some part of their life cycle in the soil; together with their association with the soil, ...