Abdullah, Rosazlin and Osman, Normaniza and Yusoff, Sumiani and Mohd Yusof, H. and Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah and Mohd Rosli, N.S. (2021) Effects of palm kernel biochar and food waste compost on the growth of palm lily (Cordyline fruticosa), coleus (coleus Sp.), and boat lily (rhoeo discolor). Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 19 (1). pp. 205-218. ISSN 1589-1623, DOI https://doi.org/10.15666/aeer/1901_205218.
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In recent years, soil amendments have been widely used in agriculture to improve the soil quality, plant production and quality, and reduce the fertilizer usage. Thus, current study was carried out to investigate the effects of palm kernel biochar and food waste compost on soil properties, plant growth performance and physiological responses of Cordyline fruticosa, Coleus sp., and Rhoeo discolor. These plants were arranged in a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with eight treatments; control (T1), fertilizer (T2), food waste compost (T3), compost + < 20% of fertilizers (T4), biochar (T5), biochar + < 20% of fertilizers (T6), biochar + compost (T7), biochar + compost + < 20% of fertilizers (T8), with four replicates. The application of food waste compost and biochar in Coleus sp. showed the best performance concerning plant growth including the plant height (65.75 cm), the number of leaves (59), chlorophyll contents (29.70 µmol/m2), photosynthetic rate (23.53 µmol CO2 s-1), stomatal conductance (0.009 mmol m-2 s-1), transpiration rate (0.269 mmol m-2 s-1), water use efficiency (WUE) (88) and total biomass (62.50 g). It can be concluded that the addition of compost and biochar as a soil amendment can improve soil fertility and plant growth performance. © 2021, ALÖKI Kft., Budapest, Hungary.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | University of Malaya for financial support by UM Living Lab Grant Programme - SUS (Sustainability Science) (LL036-18SUS) and Knowledge Transfer Programme (KTP) grant (MRUN2019-2A) |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Fertilizer; Landscape plant; Nursery; Reduce; Soil amendment |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QH Natural history |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Centre for Research in Biotechnology for Agriculture Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research & Innovation) Office > Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2021 04:35 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2021 04:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/25983 |
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