1. Soil morphological and chemical properties in homegardens on sandy beach ridges along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia
- Author
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Sota Tanaka, Yumei Kang, Arifin Abdu, Katsutoshi Sakurai, and Khairul Hafiz Mohd Yusoff
- Subjects
0106 biological sciences ,Soil organic matter ,Soil Science ,Soil morphology ,Forestry ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,Plant Science ,01 natural sciences ,Manure ,Podzol ,Agronomy ,Soil water ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,Cation-exchange capacity ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Environmental science ,Soil fertility ,Entisol ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
The morphological and chemical properties of homegardens in the beach ridges with interspersed swales (BRIS) soils were evaluated in order to find a clue for developing sustainable agricultural management. Field survey and soil sampling were conducted at the homegardens and secondary forests in Sungai Ular Village and in the experimental farm of Malaysian Agriculture Research Institute (MARDI), Cherating Station. Chemical fertilizers including ash, charcoal waste and plant litter were applied to the homegardens in both the inland-ward area (HG-I) and in the shoreline area (HG-S). Manure was applied in HG-I and seafood waste from fish processing was buried in the soils in HG-S. High correlation was found between total carbon (T-C) and cation exchange capacity (CEC), indicating soil organic matter was the determinant factor for CEC in the very sandy BRIS soils. The levels of T-C, total nitrogen (T-N), and CEC at 0–10 cm in HG-I in parallel with increasing ages of homegardens. The soils in 0–10 cm an...
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- 2017