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Soil morphological and chemical properties in homegardens on sandy beach ridges along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia
- Source :
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 63:357-368
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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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...
- 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
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Details
- ISSN :
- 17470765 and 00380768
- Volume :
- 63
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........73fb943b7406f03f0f470eb4b42d3fd5