Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco)

Author: K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi

ijeab doi crossref DOI: 10.22161/ijeab/2.1.8

Keyword: Soils fertility, pH, Organic Matter, Nutrients elements, Jorf Lasfar.

Abstract: The Jorf Lasfar area has known for some decades a remarkable change in lands use. In fact, the installation of the port of Jorf Lasfar, the phosphate complex and an industrial area allowed the invasion of agricultural soils and influenced their fertility. The present work aims to assess the soil fertility through some physico-chemical parameters such as (pH, OM, CaCO3, Total Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium); the soil samples were carried out according two horizons 0-2.5cm and 2.5-10cm in fifty-three points during two agricultural years 2014 and 2015. The main results indicate that the pH ranges from 7.32 to 8.7; the organic matter content is often higher than 3%. Nutritive elements (Total Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium) record values that respectively vary from 0.001 to 0.31%, 100.15 to 261.62ppm and 102.36 to 672.17ppm. The high rate of phosphorus is probably due to the excessive use of fertilizers or to the nearby phosphate processing plant.

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MLA

K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi et al."Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco)". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 2, no. 1, 2017, pp.046-055 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.1.8

APA

K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi, P.(2017).Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco). International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(1), 046-055.10.22161/ijeab/2.1.8

Chicago

K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi, P.(2017).Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco). International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(1), pp.046-055.

Harvard

K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi. 2017."Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco)". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).2(1):046-055.Doi:10.22161/ijeab/2.1.8

IEEE

K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi."Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco)", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.2,no. 1, pp.046-055,2017.

Bibtex

@article { k.moustarhfer2017fertility,
title={Fertility of agricultural soils in the area of Jorf Lasfar (El Jadida-Morocco)},
author={K. Moustarhfer, N. Saber, H. Mohcine, C. Marrakchi , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={2},
year= {2017} ,
}