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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Soil Sciences |
| Keywords | Soil Qualty, Climate Change, Food Security, Soil mineralogy, Soil aggregate stability |
| Honours and awards | 2021: Fellow, Nigeria Academy of Science 2011: Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) 2010: Renewed Visit AvH 2006: Renewed Visit AvH 1999: George Forster Fellowship |
Current contact address
| Country | Nigeria |
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| City | Nsukka |
| Institution | University of Nigeria |
| Institute | Department of Soil Science |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Karl Stahr | Fachgebiet Allgemeine Bodenkunde mit Gesteinskunde, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart |
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| Prof. Dr. Thilo Rennert | Institut für Bodenkunde und Standortslehre, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/12/1999 |
Programme(s)
| 1999 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2011 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe: Tropical Soils, Physical Properties. In: Jan Glinski, Jozef Horabik and Jerzy Lipiec, Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. Springer, 2011. 934-937 |
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| 2010 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Mehdi Zarei, Karl Stahr: Fe and Al oxides distribution in some ultisols and inceptisols of southeastern Nigeria in relation to soil total phosphorous. In: Environmental Earth Sciences, 2010, 1103-1111 |
| 2009 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, M. Zarei, Karl Stahr,: Colloidal stability in some tropical soils of southeastern Nigeria as affected by iron and aluminium oxides. In: CATENA, 2009, 232-237 |
| 2009 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, M. Zarei, Karl Stahr: Mineralogy and geochemical properties of some upland soils from different sedimentary formations in south-eastern Nigeria. In: Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2009, 423-432 |
| 2008 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, C. Agbatah: Clay and silt dispersion in relation to some physicochemical properties of derived savanna soils under two tillage management practices in southeastern Nigeria. In: Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B - Soil and Plant Science, 2008, 17-26 |
| 2008 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Mehdi Zarei, Karl Stahr: Factors affecting potassium status of flood plain soils, eastern Nigeria. In: Archives of Agronomy and Soil Soil Science, 2008, 309-319 |
| 2007 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, G.O. Ekebosi, M. Zarei, K. Stahr: Mineralogy and pedogenesis in a soil chronosequence on a floodplain, Eastern Nigeria. In: Agro-Science, 2007, 1-15 |
| 2007 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Juliet T. Nkemakosi: Nutrient element contents and cation exchange capacity in fine fractions of southeastern Nigerian soils in relation to their stability. In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2007, 1221-1242 |
| 2006 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Mehdi Zarei, Karl Stahr Clay dispersion of hardsetting inceptisols in southeastern Nigeria as influenced by soil components. In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2006, 751-766 |
| 2006 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, M. Zarei, K, Stahr: Estimating Total Elements in Floodplain Soils in Nigeria from their Exchangeable/Extractable Forms. In: Discovery and Innovation, 2006, 288-294 |
| 2006 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, David Nwokocha: Soil organic matter fractions and microaggregation in a Ultisol under cultivation and secondary forest in southeastern Nigeria. In: Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2006, 627-635 |
| 2006 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Chinyere B. Okebalama: Soil strength of some Central Eastern Nigeria soils and effect of potassium and sodium on their dispersion. In: International Agrophysics, 2006, 107-112 |
| 2005 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe: Erodibility in relation to water-dispersible clay for some soils of Eastern Nigeria. In: Land degradation & Development, 2005, 87-96 |
| 2005 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Mehdi Zarei, Karl Stahr: Mineral and elemental distribution in soils formed on the River Niger floodplain, Eastern Nigeria. In: Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2005, 147-158 |
| 2005 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe: Soil physical properties under different management systems and organic matter effects on soil moisture along soil catena in Southeastern Nigeria.. In: Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2005, 57-66 |
| 2005 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, N. Ejiofor: Structural stability of exposed gully wall in central Eastern Nigeria as affected by soil properties.. In: International Agrophysics, 2005, 215-222 |
| 2004 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Mehdi Zarei, Karl Stahr: Chemical properties of Niger floodplain soils, eastern Nigeria, in relation to mineralogy. In: Paddy and Water Environment, 2004, 51-58 |
| 2004 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe: Soil properties influencing stability of structure of B-horizons of Ultisols in semiarid Nsukka, Eastern Nigeria. In: Arid Land Research and Management, 2004, 185-195 |
| 2004 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe, Karl Stahr: Water-stable aggregates of flooded Inceptisols from south-eastern Nigeria in relation to mineralogy and chemical properties. In: Australian Journal of Soil Research, 2004, 171-179 |
| 2003 | Charles Arizechukwu Igwe: Erodibility of soils of the upper rainforest zone, southeastern Nigeria. In: Land degradation & Development, 2003, 323-334 |