Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak

Soil properties determination is important towards an improvement of both strategy and techniques for future development of conversion peat swamp forest into oil palm plantation. This study discusses soil properties of peat swamp forest under oil palm plantation in Kampung Igan, Mukah, Sarawak. i...

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Main Author: Zulfaqar, bin Sa'adi
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Language:English
Published: 2011
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spelling my-unimas-ir.103922023-06-13T04:09:04Z Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak 2011 Zulfaqar, bin Sa'adi GE Environmental Sciences Soil properties determination is important towards an improvement of both strategy and techniques for future development of conversion peat swamp forest into oil palm plantation. This study discusses soil properties of peat swamp forest under oil palm plantation in Kampung Igan, Mukah, Sarawak. in comparison with the sUlTounding peat swamp forests. Peat soil samples in this study were collected from peat swamp forest (PI), Ladang Rakyat Pelita Igan Jaya oil palm plantation for young oil palm plantation of 2 years old (P~) and Felcra Bhd oil palm plantation for mature oil palm plantation of more than 15 years old (P3)) The size of each experimental plot was 20 x 20m. Soil samples were collected at 0-25 cm depths at each site. For P2 and P3, soil samples were collected and differentiate as no fertilizer point and fertilizer point. Undisturbed cores and bulk samples were collected for analysis of bulk density and moisture content. Soil physicochemical properties were determined by standard procedures. The findings showed that PI and P2 classifies as 05gn (peat soil) while P3 was 4fw-05gn (mixed mineral and peat soil). Soil pH, soil bulk density, water content and soil hardness was increased while soil organic matter and soil porosity was decreased. Dry matter content and moisture content show inconsistency between the sites. As the differences between fertilizer point and no fertilizer point in P2 and P3 showed various trend for each analysis. Results of this study will be useful in predicting the soil condition trend between ages ofoil palm plantation in various perspectives and ensure continuous benefits from the development of peat swamp forest especially involving plantation activities and soil management. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2011 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10392/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10392/3/Soil%20Physicochemical%20Properties%20After%20Establishment%20of%20Oil%20Palm%20Plantation%20In%20Peat%20Swamp%20Forests%20at%20Mukah%2C%20Sarawak%20%20%28fulltext%29.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS Faculty of Resource Science and Technology.
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language English
topic GE Environmental Sciences
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Zulfaqar, bin Sa'adi
Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak
description Soil properties determination is important towards an improvement of both strategy and techniques for future development of conversion peat swamp forest into oil palm plantation. This study discusses soil properties of peat swamp forest under oil palm plantation in Kampung Igan, Mukah, Sarawak. in comparison with the sUlTounding peat swamp forests. Peat soil samples in this study were collected from peat swamp forest (PI), Ladang Rakyat Pelita Igan Jaya oil palm plantation for young oil palm plantation of 2 years old (P~) and Felcra Bhd oil palm plantation for mature oil palm plantation of more than 15 years old (P3)) The size of each experimental plot was 20 x 20m. Soil samples were collected at 0-25 cm depths at each site. For P2 and P3, soil samples were collected and differentiate as no fertilizer point and fertilizer point. Undisturbed cores and bulk samples were collected for analysis of bulk density and moisture content. Soil physicochemical properties were determined by standard procedures. The findings showed that PI and P2 classifies as 05gn (peat soil) while P3 was 4fw-05gn (mixed mineral and peat soil). Soil pH, soil bulk density, water content and soil hardness was increased while soil organic matter and soil porosity was decreased. Dry matter content and moisture content show inconsistency between the sites. As the differences between fertilizer point and no fertilizer point in P2 and P3 showed various trend for each analysis. Results of this study will be useful in predicting the soil condition trend between ages ofoil palm plantation in various perspectives and ensure continuous benefits from the development of peat swamp forest especially involving plantation activities and soil management.
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author Zulfaqar, bin Sa'adi
author_facet Zulfaqar, bin Sa'adi
author_sort Zulfaqar, bin Sa'adi
title Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak
title_short Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak
title_full Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak
title_fullStr Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at Mukah, Sarawak
title_sort soil physicochemical properties after establishment of oil palm plantation in peat swamp forests at mukah, sarawak
granting_institution Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, UNIMAS
granting_department Faculty of Resource Science and Technology.
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/10392/3/Soil%20Physicochemical%20Properties%20After%20Establishment%20of%20Oil%20Palm%20Plantation%20In%20Peat%20Swamp%20Forests%20at%20Mukah%2C%20Sarawak%20%20%28fulltext%29.pdf
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