[ La détermination in situ de la texture et de la classe texturale du sol dans le groupement de Luhihi, Sud Kivu en RDC ]
Volume 51, Issue 1, October 2020, Pages 9–24
Fabien Muliri Mugunda1
1 Section Agronomie générale, Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, ISEAV, Mushweshwe, RD Congo
Original language: French
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Our research has been focused on in situ determination of the texture and the textural class of soil in LUHIHI sector in South Kivu with the objective of determining the texture and textural class of soil in this sector by applying the method VSA. To achieve this research, we have processes with descriptive and statistical methods but also with several techniques including documentation, observation and data collection. To achieve this, we have chosen used seven trials of the VSA method including: the test launch of the ball, the test pressure, the bottle test, the test of the horizontal plane, the test of the shaken pellet, the test to crush dry soil as well as the handling of successive test. All these methods and techniques have allowed us to classify soil in a way our study area. From the standpoint of soil texture, the results of our work have proved that this sector consists essentially of clays, silts and sand. The results of determining the textural class allowed them to classify the soil as clay.
Author Keywords: Soil, Texture, Texturale Class, Luhihi.
Volume 51, Issue 1, October 2020, Pages 9–24
Fabien Muliri Mugunda1
1 Section Agronomie générale, Institut Supérieur d’Etudes Agronomiques et Vétérinaires, ISEAV, Mushweshwe, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2020 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Our research has been focused on in situ determination of the texture and the textural class of soil in LUHIHI sector in South Kivu with the objective of determining the texture and textural class of soil in this sector by applying the method VSA. To achieve this research, we have processes with descriptive and statistical methods but also with several techniques including documentation, observation and data collection. To achieve this, we have chosen used seven trials of the VSA method including: the test launch of the ball, the test pressure, the bottle test, the test of the horizontal plane, the test of the shaken pellet, the test to crush dry soil as well as the handling of successive test. All these methods and techniques have allowed us to classify soil in a way our study area. From the standpoint of soil texture, the results of our work have proved that this sector consists essentially of clays, silts and sand. The results of determining the textural class allowed them to classify the soil as clay.
Author Keywords: Soil, Texture, Texturale Class, Luhihi.
Abstract: (french)
Nos recherches ont été orientées sur la détermination in situ de la texture et de la classe texturale du sol dans le secteur de LUHIHI au Sud Kivu avec comme objectif de déterminer la texture et la classe texturale du sol de ce secteur par l’application de la méthode VSA. Pour la réalisation de cette dernière, nous avons procédés par des méthodes descriptives et statistiques mais aussi avec plusieurs techniques dont la documentation, l’observation et la collecte des données. Pour y parvenir nous avons choisis utilisés sept essais de la méthode VSA dont: le test du lancer de la boule, le test de la pression, le test de la bouteille, le test du jet horizontale, le test de la boulette secouée, le test de l’écrasement à sec du sol ainsi que le test de manipulation successive. Toutes ces méthodes et techniques nous ont permis de classer d’une façon pédologique notre secteur d’étude. Du point de vue texture du sol, les résultats de notre travail nous ont prouvés que ce secteur est constitué essentiellement par les argiles, les limons et les sables. Les résultats de la détermination de la classe texturale eux ont permis de classer ce sol comme étant argileux.
Author Keywords: Sol, Texture, Classe Texturale, Luhihi.
How to Cite this Article
Fabien Muliri Mugunda, “The in situ determination of the texture and the texture class of the soil in the Luhihi area, South Kivu in DRC,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 9–24, October 2020.
