Abstract

Production quality in periurban agriculture is question mark regarding to soil potential contamination affecting yields. The level of contaminations of soils a zinc (Cu), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) around Abidjan city were assessed. Survey was conducted in 2013 within cultivated areas of sweet potato and three locations of Abidjan distri intensities of industrial and commercial activities of which, Bingerville was the control site with lowest activities. Soil (0 – 20 cm) samples associated to that of plants (leaf, stem and root) we taken randomly for laboratory analysis. Toxic levels (> 8 mgkg Original Research Article _________________________________________________________ International -23, 2015; Article no.JAERI.2015.027 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org , Brahima Kone, Guy Fernand Yao Nestor Yao Kouakou and Albert Yao Training and Research Unit, Felix Houphouet Boigny University (UFHB), 22 BP 582 Abidjan 22, Cote d’Ivoire. National Center of Agronomic Research (CNRA), 01 BP 633 Bouake, Cote d’Ivoire.

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