Earth & Environmental Science Research & Reviews(EESRR)

Department of Geography and Natural Resource management, University of Uyo, Nigeria

Publications

• Research Article   
  Evaluation of Residual Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon (Tph) in Rhizosphere of Cowpea (Vigna Unguiculata) and Non-Rhizosphere Soil Contaminated with Crude Oil Under Different Organic Manure Treatments
  Author(s): James Onyebuonyeoma Ordu and Tombari Bodo*
  
  This study was undertaken to evaluate residual Total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) in rhizosphere of Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) and non-rhizosphere soils contaminated with crude oil under different organic manure treatments, with the rhizosphere microbial community acting as plant-microbe interaction at subsurface environment. Enumeration of total heterotrophic bacteria and total saprophytic fungi were carried out using plant rhizosphere soil samples. The rhizosphere soil samples were collected from crude oil contaminated soil amended with organic nutrients: poultry droppings, goat faeces, cow dung and fish pond waste water i.e. water from pond containing Clariesgariepenus mixed with its faeces and feeds. The plant rhizosphere sample was cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). A non-rhizosphere soil was used as control. The representative strains or genera of both bacteria and fungi were identified.. Read More»
  

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