Spatial Availability of Nitrogen and Pesticides in the Surface Layers Of
Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, 2021, 10, 143-168 https://www.scirp.org/journal/jacen ISSN Online: 2325-744X ISSN Print: 2325-7458 Spatial Availability of Nitrogen and Pesticides in the Surface Layers of Agricultural Soils of Tropical Hydrosystems in the Wet Season: Case of the Béré Watershed in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa) Mian Germain Eba1,2*, Kouakou Sylvain Akpo1, Pétémanangnan Jean-Marie Ouattara1, Tiangoua Koné1, Lacina Coulibaly1,3 1Environment and Aquatic Biology Laboratory, Nangui Abrogoua University, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 2Central Environment Laboratory, Ivorian Antipollution Center, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire 3Department of Chemistry, University of Man, Man, Côte d’Ivoire How to cite this paper: Eba, M.G., Akpo, Abstract K.S., Ouattara, P.J.M., Koné, T. and Couli- baly, L. (2021) Spatial Availability of Ni- The objective of this study was to assess the contribution of the spatial organi- trogen and Pesticides in the Surface Layers zation of cropping systems and the physicochemical properties of surface layers of Agricultural Soils of Tropical Hydrosys- of the agricultural zones soils in tropical hydrosystems to the spatial availability tems in the Wet Season: Case of the Béré Watershed in Côte d’Ivoire (West Africa). of nitrogen and pesticides during the wet season, such as the Béré watershed Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and (BW) in Côte d’Ivoire. For this purpose, after mapping the spatial distribution Environment, 10, 143-168. of the BW cropping systems based on the likelihood classification methodology https://doi.org/10.4236/jacen.2021.102010 of satellite images of the study area, 27 samples from the 0 - 20 cm horizon of Received: February 11, 2021 the soil surface layers of the agricultural areas were taken during the wet and Accepted: March 29, 2021 agricultural season of the year 2016.
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