Seasonal comparison of tin accumulation by Solanum Tuberosum spp grown on the degraded minefields of the Jos Plateau

Abstract

 A seasonal comparison of the accumulation of tin by Solanum tuberosum was undertaken in this work.
 Values of tin accumulation of 0.525, 3.509, 1.252, 0.805, and 2.561 ppm were detected in the rainy
 season samples obtained from B/Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, and Jos South respectively. While
 0.748, 0.630 and 0.623 ppm were found in the dry season samples of B/Ladi, Bassa and Bokkos
 respectively. Tin was not detected in samples from Jos North and Jos South for the same dry season. The
 results show a seasonal variation of the accumulation of tin by the crop with higher accumulation during
 the rainy season probably as a result of significant variation in the pH of the waters