Marginal uplands: current research initiatives at VSU

Marginal uplands are hilly or mountainous lands having very low crop productivity due to poor soil quality (degraded soil), limited water av...

Happy World Soil Day

The Department of Agronomy and Soil Science at Visayas State University in Leyte, Philippines joins the global community of more than 60,000...

Response of Abaca (Musa textilis Née) to shade, irrigation and fertilization

Abaca plants Abaca ( Musa textilis Née), a relative of the edible banana ( Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana ), is a native to the Phili...

Environmental pollution: the case of Xenobiotics

Xenobiotics are chemical substances that are foreign to the biological system. They include naturally occurring compounds, drugs, and envir...

N.L. Galvez: The Dean of Filipino Soil Scientists

Dr. Nicolas L. Galvez (1903-1991) laid down the groundwork for the different fields of soil science in the Philippines and he trained many F...

History of the soil organic matter conversion factor of 1.72

Students of soil science are taught that to determine the amount of soil organic matter, soil organic carbon is measured usually by wet oxid...

The geoecology of the limestone and shale areas in Samar, Philippines

Contributed by Dr. Ian A. Navarrete Humboldt Fellow Soil Science of Tropical and Subtropical Ecosystems Buesgen Institute University of Gött...