Soil Fertility Status and Nutrients Content in Maize (Zea Mays L.) Tissue at Migna Kura in Wayu Tuka District, East Wollega, Ethiopia

Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, grade: A, Haramaya University, language: English, abstract: This study was initiated to assess soil fertility, quantify nutrients content in maize tissue, and mapping selective soil parameters of Migna Kura Kebele, Wayu Tuka District, east Wollega, Ethiopia in 2019. A total of 32 surface soils and leaf samples were randomly collected for nutrients concentration quantify. Soil physicochemical properties and maize leaf nutrients of 32 samples were analyzed using standard laboratory procedures. Declined soil fertility is one of the main constraints to improve food production in Ethiopia and inadequate information about soil fertility in the study area. To replenish impoverished soils, site and crop-specific studies of soil fertility parameters are required to devise appropriate suggestions for site-specific balanced fertilizer recommendation and soil fertility management in the study area.

The author, Mintesinot Desalegn Eshetu, was born in Balakasa Gedo Kebele, Arsi Robe District, and Arsi Zone of Oromia Regional State in Ethiopia on December 21 / 1991 G.C. He attended his primary school at Habe and Robe Elementary School and Robe Didea secondary schools, respectively. The time from elementary to high school was 1997 to 2009 G.C. In 2010, he joined Ambo University and graduated in 2012 with Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry. After his graduation, he was employed by Oromia Agricultural Research Institute in Nekemte Soil Research center, Oromia Region. He served there for five years (August 2013-October 2018) as a Soil Chemistry Researcher, soil and plant tissue test, and interpretation of soil and plant tissue data. Then, in October 2018, he joined the graduate school of Haramaya University to pursue his MSc studies in Soil Science, and in 2019 he was studying for a graduate thesis paper on the title 'Soil Fertility Status and Nutrient Content in Maize (Zea mays L.) Tissue at Migna Kura in Wayu Taka District, East Wollega, Ethiopia'. He received MSc in Soil Science from Haramaya University in October 2022.