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creators_name: Olaleye, A O
creators_name: Ogunkunle, A O
creators_name: Sahrawat, K L
creators_name: Osiname, O A
creators_name: Ayanlaja, S A
icrisatcreators_name: Sahrawat, K L
affiliation: Ogun State University(Ogun State)
affiliation: University of Ibadan
affiliation: WARDA(Ibadan)
affiliation: WARDA(Bouake)
country: Nigeria
country: Ivory Coast
title: Suitability Evaluation of Selected Wetland Soils in Nigeria
for Rainfed Rice Cultivation
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.11
full_text_status: public
abstract: Thirty-eight wetland soils in four agro-ecological
zones were evaluated for their suitability for rice
(Oryza sativa L.) cultivation. The results indicated that
climatic characteristics are near optimum. Currently,
by non-parametric method, most (≥ 97%) of the
pedons were found to be marginally suitable (S3).
With the parametric method about 3% were highly
suitable (S1), 74% marginally suitable (S3) and 23%
not suitable (NS). Potentially by non-parametric
method, 18% were of high (S1) and moderate (S2)
suitabilities respectively, 58% were marginally suitable
(S3) and 6% not suitable (NS). With parametric
method, 24% were highly suitable (S1), 45 and 31%
were of moderate (S2) and marginal (S3) suitabilities.
The major limitations to rice cultivation on these soils
are low CEC, organic carbon, exchangeable cations
and available P, which may predispose rice plants to
excessive Fe2+ uptake visually expressed as «bronzing
» or «yellowing» symptoms. In this and similar
environments in the region, good soil management is
required before substantial improvement in rice production
can be achieved.
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Tropicultura
volume: 20
number: 3
publisher: Bib. des Sciences agronomiques - ULg 
pagerange: 97-103
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0771-3312 
official_url: http://www.tropicultura.org/eng/content/v20n3.html
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citation:   Olaleye, A O and Ogunkunle, A O and Sahrawat, K L and Osiname, O A and Ayanlaja, S A  (2002) Suitability Evaluation of Selected Wetland Soils in Nigeria for Rainfed Rice Cultivation.  Tropicultura, 20 (3).  pp. 97-103.  ISSN 0771-3312      
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/3993/1/TROPICULTURA_2002_20_3__97-103.pdf