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Evaluating quality of soils formed on basement complex rocks in Kaduna State, northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria

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A few investigations have been done regarding the soil quality index (SQI) for various locations, soil types, and states. Still, little has been reported regarding SQI for both surface and control sections, especially for the Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria. Due to the subsurface property pedogenic influence on soil function, it is crucial to assess SQI using surface and subsurface properties as both properties influence soil productivity. We investigated the potentials of choosing a minimum data set for soil quality indicators and assess soil quality (SQ), using both surface and entire soil pedon data for the soils on the basement complexes. Both additive and weighted soil quality indices and different scoring methods (linear and non-linear) were used in evaluating SQ. Out of the twenty-three soil properties subjected to PCA, eight indicators (TEB, clay, silt, K, EA, EC, BD, and Fe) were selected as the minimum data set (MDS). There was not much difference in the calculated soil quality using the non-linear additive (SQI-NLA), linear additive (SQI-LA), linear weighted (SQI-LW), and non-linear weighted (SQI-NLW) for the soils as they were all rated low (SQI < 0.55). The estimated SQI for the control section had relatively higher values than the surface soil, thus suggesting the need to incorporate both surface and entire soil profile properties in assessing SQ as both are important in integrating the relationship between soil properties and management goals which eventually provides complete information that affects the production of crops.

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Abbreviations

SQI:

Soil quality index

SQ:

Soil quality

TEB:

Total exchangeable base

EA:

Exchangeable acidity

EC:

Electrical conductivity

BD:

Bulk density

MDS:

Minimum data set

SQI-NLA:

Non-linear additive

SQI-LA:

Linear additive

SQI-LW:

Linear weighted

SQI-NLW:

Non-linear weighted

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All authors acknowledge their universities for the enabling platform to carry out this research. K. A. Adegoke acknowledges the Global Excellence Stature (GES) 4.0 Postdoctoral Fellowships Fourth Industrial Revolution and the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

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  1. Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, P. M. B. 1044, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria

    Fatihu Kabir Sadiq & Lemuel Musa Maniyunda

  2. Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein Campus, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Kayode Adesina Adegoke

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  5. ICBAS — Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal

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Sadiq, F.K., Maniyunda, L.M., Adegoke, K.A. et al. Evaluating quality of soils formed on basement complex rocks in Kaduna State, northern Guinea savanna of Nigeria. Environ Monit Assess 193, 383 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09157-0

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