Study Of Soil Organc Carbon And Land Use In Federal University Oye-ekiti, Ikole Campus, Ekiti State Nigeria

ABSTRACT The amount of soil organic carbon (SOC) stored in a particular soil is influenced by several factors including climate, vegetation type and age, land management, soil properties and current and past land use. The impacts of land use types on soil organic carbon were assessed. Four land use types were used in the study. Sampled soils were taken at depth of 0-45 cm and at intervals of 15 cm. The soil samples were examined in accordance with the standard methods. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that the textural classes were silty clay, silty cl…