Effects Of Land Use On The Nature And Population Of Microorganisms In The Semi-Arid Region Of North-Eastern Nigeria

• Main Authors: HS Bello, T Isa, MA Isa, K Akinmuisere
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Progressive Sustainable Developers Nepal 2013-12-01
• Series: International Journal of Environment
• Subjects: Farming practices; biodiversity; Fungi; Bacteria; Population
• Online Access: http://nepjol.info/index.php/IJE/article/view/9223

<p>This study was aim to investigate the effects of land use on the nature and population of microorganisms in soil from five different farms within University of Maiduguri, Borno State. A total of ten composite samples were obtained and analyzed in the laboratory. The total microbial population was consistently higher in the grazing reserved land with mean of 105x10⁴CFU/g than in cultivated farms with means of 84.5x10⁴CFU/g, 66x10⁴CFU/g and 66x10⁴CFU/g, for cereal (sorghum), beans and tomato farms respectively. The site with the least microbial population was gum-Arabic plantation with the mean of 29x10⁴CFU/g. Bacteria were the most dominant species at all sites regardless of depths.</p> <p>International Journal of Environment, Volume-2, Issue-1, Sep-Nov 2013, Pages 224-230</p> <p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ije.v2i1.9223">http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ije.v2i1.9223</a></p>