This study was car-
ried out to ascertain
the practicability of
using bioremedi-
ated, engine-oil-im-
pacted soil for crop
cultivation. In this
study, bioremedia-
tion by land farming and nutrient enhancement
was used to treat contaminated soils. In the labo-
ratory, soil samples were homogenized, analyzed,
and placed into several reactor vessels including
a substrate of poultry droppings and cow dung in
various ratios to the contaminated soil. During
the first phase of the investigation, contaminated
soil without treatment served as a control. The
soil matrix was homogenized on a weekly basis,
and samples were drawn during the third, fifth,
eighth, tenth, and fifteenth weeks for total petro-
leum hydrocarbon (TPH) reduction and nutrients
analysis.
The initial con-
centrations of TPH
were diluted upon
the addition of the
poultry litter and
cow dung substrate.
Results obtained
during the experi-
ment indicate that the amount of nutrients gen-
erally decreased as the weeks progressed, and the
TPH degradation ranged from 78.27% to 61.84%
in the reactor vessels. There was no significant
difference (p < .05) in TPH degradation based on
the substrate quantities, whereas the TPH reduc-
tions in the soil amended with the animal wastes
were significantly different from the control
sample (soil not amended with animal wastes).
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DOI: 10.1002/tqem.21445
Annexing Marginal
Soils for Agricultural
Cultivation Using
an Organic Source
of Fertilizer as a
Bioremediation
Treatment Option
Reclaiming Hydrocarbon-
Contaminated Land for the
Cultivation of Food Crops
Adams Oshobugie Ojor and
Adams Omokhagbor Godleads