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  1. Long Term Mulching Improves Soil Carbon and Health in Tropical Banana Systems

    Article • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, October 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  2. Long Term No-Till Management Improves Soil Health in Nigeria’s Guinea Savanna

    Article • Plant-Environment Interactions, July 2026, Wiley

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  3. A New Framework for Monitoring and Understanding African Agricultural Soils

    Article • Soil Systems, July 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  4. Understanding What Controls Phosphorus Availability in Nigerian Soils

    Article • July 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  5. What Controls Phosphorus Availability in Nigerian Soils?

    Article • July 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  6. Same Fires, Different Farms: Why Land Use Still Shapes Soil in Nigeria's Burned Savanna

    Article • Soil Use and Management, June 2026, Wiley

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  7. Mercury Is Nigeria's Biggest Soil Metal Problem, National Survey Finds

    Article • Journal of Soils and Sediments, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  8. Pesticides Are Turning Up in African Farm Soils, Often Ones That Shouldn't Be There

    Article • Environmental Science & Technology, June 2026, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  9. Do Forest Islands Really Have Different Soil? Depends How Deep You Look

    Article • Scientific African, June 2026, Elsevier

    Professor Vincent Logah, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  10. No-Till Farming Over Time: How Soil Nutrients Change in humid tropical Ferric Luvisols

    Article • International Soil and Water Conservation Research, May 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  11. Mapping Soil Pollution in Africa: What We Know and Where the Gaps Are

    Article • Pollutants, November 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  12. Higher Up the Mountain, More Carbon in the Soil: Findings from Mount Kenya's Forests

    Article • Land, June 2025, MDPI AG

    Dr rer. agr. Harison Kiplagat Kipkulei, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  13. Trees and Grazing Together: 30 Years of Silvopasture Rebuilds Poor Nigerian Soils

    Article • Trees Forests and People, June 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  14. Africa's Soil Crisis: What's Going Wrong and How to Fix It

    Article • European Journal of Soil Science, January 2025, Wiley

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  15. What Cassava Farmers Already Know About Their Soil (and Why It Matters)

    Article • Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences, December 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr. Paul A. S. Soremi, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  16. Left Alone, Nigerian Soils Rebuild Themselves — But How Long Does It Take?

    Article • Arabian Journal of Geosciences, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Mr. Paul A. S. Soremi, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  17. Mystery Forests in the Savanna: What Years of Studying "Forest Islands" Taught Us

    Article • Interface Focus, August 2024, Royal Society Publishing

    Professor Vincent Logah, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  18. Why Rice-Growing Wetlands in Nigeria Are Starving for Phosphorus

    Article • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, July 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  19. Forest Groves Improve Soil Carbon and Nutrient Conditions in Nigeria

    Article • Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  20. How Land-Use Change Affects Soil Health in West African Savannas

    Article • Plant and Soil, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Vincent Logah, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  21. How Tillage and Fertilizers Affect Soil Erosion Risk in Maize Fields

    Article • Circular Agricultural Systems, January 2024, Maximum Academic Press

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  22. How cab we use trees to clean up polluted environments

    Article • Environmental Challenges, December 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  23. People are turning poor soils into productive soils in West Africa using indigenous innovation

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele, Professor Vincent Logah

  24. How Forest Islands Improve Soil Stability in West African Savannas

    Article • Plant and Soil, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele, Professor Vincent Logah

  25. How do soil properties change with years of charcoal production?

    Article • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Babatunde Saheed Bada, Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  26. Does soil mineralogical compositions affect soil fertility and its management?

    Article • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, December 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  27. Improving Phosphorus Release from Ogun Phosphate Rock Using Cashew Shell Liquid

    Article • Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  28. How Soil Moisture Affects Phosphorus Availability in Nigerian Wetlands

    Article • International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, March 2018, Sciencedomain International

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  29. How Tropical Weathering Changes Soils Formed from Talc in Nigeria

    Article • South African Journal of Plant and Soil, September 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  30. Combining Soil Amendments and Conservation Tillage Improves Maize Production

    Article • Agricultural Research Journal, January 2017, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  31. Combining Conservation Tillage and Soil Amendments to Improve Maize Yield

    Article • Agricultural Research Journal, January 2016, Diva Enterprises Private Limited

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele

  32. How Road Traffic Contributes to Heavy Metal Pollution in Urban Soils

    Article • Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Samuel Ayodele Mesele