Comparative Studies of Effect of Composts and NPK Fertilizer on Performance of Maize in Crude Oil Polluted Soils

¹ONIBON V. O., ²ADESANYA W.O., and ³FOLORUNSO O.R.

^1&2Department of Basic Sciences, Federal College of Agriculture, Akure, Nigeria.

³Department of Animal Health and Production, Federal College of Agriculture Akure Nigeria

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ABSTRACT

Exploration and production of crude oil, in Nigeria was envisaged to generate strong economic foundation for the country and better dwelling place for human and living organisms. But crude oil exploration had brought untold hardship to people living in the oil producing area regarding their health and living status. Therefore the achievement of sustainable and cleanup equitable environment cum environmentally sound agriculture in the fragile, inherently infertile soil with low productivity remains one of the greatest challenges facing people, most especially in oil producing area of Nigeria. The site for this experiment was polluted with crude oil from the area. The polluted soils were later treated after two weeks with different composts composition (PW + SD + CR), (MW + SD + CR), (CD + SD + CR) and fertilizer and left for two weeks before maize were planted on the soils.

Keywords:  Crude Oil, Soil Pollution, Remediation, Composts, Heavy Metals.