Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation

This investigation highlights the chemical, physical and biological properties of oil palm frond (OPF) observed during 14 weeks of composting period. Composting is a controlled biological decomposition process, which converts organic wastes into humus-like materials. Two white rot fungi species, Tra...

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Main Author:	Fadzilah Kalamahidan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals forage crops grasses legumes root crops sugar plants textile plants alkaloidal plants medicinal plants
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spelling	my-ums-ep.389342024-06-26T06:36:27Z Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation 2014 Fadzilah Kalamahidan SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants This investigation highlights the chemical, physical and biological properties of oil palm frond (OPF) observed during 14 weeks of composting period. Composting is a controlled biological decomposition process, which converts organic wastes into humus-like materials. Two white rot fungi species, Trametes versicolor and Schizophyllum commune were introduced as inoculants for composting process. The oil palm fronds (OPF) were composted for 14 weeks, with four treatments, i) control (untreated OPF), ii) OPF treated with T. versicolor, iii) OPF treated with S. commune, iv) OPF treated with both T. versicolor and S. commune, with four replications. During composting period, eight genera of fungi, namely Aspergillus, Trichoderma, Absidia, Geotrichum, Trametes, Schizophyllum, Syncephalastrum and Beauveria species were isolated and identified from composted OPF. Resulted compost was brown in colour with homogeneous appearance, and no unpleasant odour was detected. Maturity of composted OPF was evaluated from the germination index (GI) of mung bean (Vigna radiata) and mustard (Brassica chinensis) seeds, and the measurement of phenolic contents. For germination test in extract of compost, the highest GI was observed in co-inoculation of T. versicolor and S. commune with value of 114, and in single inoculation of T. versicolor with GI of 124, for mung bean and mustard seeds, respectively. In germination test with added soil, the highest percentage of seed germination was recorded in OPF inoculated with T. versicolor for mung bean (97.8%), and OPF inoculated with S. commune for mustard (98.9%), respectively. At the end of composting, the maximum reduction in phenolic content was recorded in OPF co-inoculated with T. versicolor and S. commune with 76.5%. In this study, C/N ratio and percentage volume reduction became the most important parameters to be monitored. Inoculation with S. commune achieved the acceptable C/N ratio of 63.2 at the end of composting period. Compared to other treatments, single inoculation of S. commune indicated higher percentage of volume reduction with a value of 62.8%. Single inoculation of S. commune, therefore, provides a suitable medium for composting of OPF. 2014 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/1/24%20PAGES.pdf text en public https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/3/FULLTEXT..pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah Fakulti Pertanian Lestari
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topic	SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals forage crops grasses legumes root crops sugar plants textile plants alkaloidal plants medicinal plants
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description	This investigation highlights the chemical, physical and biological properties of oil palm frond (OPF) observed during 14 weeks of composting period. Composting is a controlled biological decomposition process, which converts organic wastes into humus-like materials. Two white rot fungi species, Trametes versicolor and Schizophyllum commune were introduced as inoculants for composting process. The oil palm fronds (OPF) were composted for 14 weeks, with four treatments, i) control (untreated OPF), ii) OPF treated with T. versicolor, iii) OPF treated with S. commune, iv) OPF treated with both T. versicolor and S. commune, with four replications. During composting period, eight genera of fungi, namely Aspergillus, Trichoderma, Absidia, Geotrichum, Trametes, Schizophyllum, Syncephalastrum and Beauveria species were isolated and identified from composted OPF. Resulted compost was brown in colour with homogeneous appearance, and no unpleasant odour was detected. Maturity of composted OPF was evaluated from the germination index (GI) of mung bean (Vigna radiata) and mustard (Brassica chinensis) seeds, and the measurement of phenolic contents. For germination test in extract of compost, the highest GI was observed in co-inoculation of T. versicolor and S. commune with value of 114, and in single inoculation of T. versicolor with GI of 124, for mung bean and mustard seeds, respectively. In germination test with added soil, the highest percentage of seed germination was recorded in OPF inoculated with T. versicolor for mung bean (97.8%), and OPF inoculated with S. commune for mustard (98.9%), respectively. At the end of composting, the maximum reduction in phenolic content was recorded in OPF co-inoculated with T. versicolor and S. commune with 76.5%. In this study, C/N ratio and percentage volume reduction became the most important parameters to be monitored. Inoculation with S. commune achieved the acceptable C/N ratio of 63.2 at the end of composting period. Compared to other treatments, single inoculation of S. commune indicated higher percentage of volume reduction with a value of 62.8%. Single inoculation of S. commune, therefore, provides a suitable medium for composting of OPF.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Fadzilah Kalamahidan
author_facet	Fadzilah Kalamahidan
author_sort	Fadzilah Kalamahidan
title	Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation
title_short	Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation
title_full	Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation
title_fullStr	Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation
title_full_unstemmed	Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation
title_sort	oil palm frond : value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sabah
granting_department	Fakulti Pertanian Lestari
publishDate	2014
url	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/1/24%20PAGES.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/3/FULLTEXT..pdf
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Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation

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