1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, National Pedagogical University, DR Congo.
2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo.
3 Department of crop science, Faculty of Agronomy National Pedagogical University, DR Congo.
4 Departement of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, National Pedagogical University, DR Congo.
5Pedology Laboratoire, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kinshasa, DR Congo.
6 Engineer/ OPJ in environnemental management of mining sites and community development, DR Congo/ Federal Institute of geosciences and natural ressources of German.
Received on 14April 2023; revised 17 June 2023; accepted on 19 June 2023
The study aims at assessing the quality of the market garden soil of Kimuenza and the constraints faced with its productivity. The analysis was carried out on the one hand, by Hach UV-visible spectroscopy based on the beer-Lambert law, for the physicochemical parameters, by X-ray fluorescence for the saturation elements and on the other hand, by ICP- MS for metallic trace elements. The detection limit and the reproducibility of these methods have been confirmed.
The obtained indicated that the soil is poor in nutrients necessary for plants, low water retention and a sandy texture and has a high rate of Cd varying between 9.6 to 12.1 mg/Kg in all sites.
Soil-Physicochemistry; Pedology; Overexploited; Overfed; Constraint
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Ruffin Nsandji Ngadi, Crispin Kyela Mulaji, Clément Mukendi Mukendi, Lyna Fama Tongo Mukwa, Jean Fausttin Fadjay Banda Kindela, Zabo Assumani Idrissa, Irène Kibal and Zéphyrin Nsandji Kasungu. Study of the pedological quality of an overexploited soil and the operating constraints: Case of market gardening sites from Kimuenza to Kinshasa. International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 09(01), 533–540. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2023.9.1.0406
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