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Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.

A study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of sandy soils in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains (Peninsular Malaysia) and suggest measures to improve their fertility for kenaf production. The coastal landscape is scarcely utilized for crop production due to the inherently low soil fertility, nu...

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Main Authors:	Roslan, I., Jusop, Shamsuddin, Ishak, Che Fauziah, Abdul Rahim, Anuar
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Published:	Malaysian Society of Soil Science 2011
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.237562015-10-30T08:25:42Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23756/ Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production. Roslan, I. Jusop, Shamsuddin Ishak, Che Fauziah Abdul Rahim, Anuar A study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of sandy soils in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains (Peninsular Malaysia) and suggest measures to improve their fertility for kenaf production. The coastal landscape is scarcely utilized for crop production due to the inherently low soil fertility, nutrient imbalance and water deficit which can seriously inhibit crop growth. Three sandy Spodosols with humus - rich spodic horizon were found, locally named as Rhu Tapai, Rudua and Jambu Series with sandy matrix (>95% sand), low CEC (0.16-4.52 cmolc kg-1) and high acidity (pH 4-5). The mineralogy data showed quartz (dominant), with gibbsite, hematite and feldspars in trace amounts that result from high degree of weathering. The Corg of Bs and Bhs horizon was about 2%, with C/N ratio of 14 to 25, respectively; this can be exploited for kenaf production. Hence, we evaluated these sandy Spodosols for kenaf production using Wong (2009) Crop-Suitability Classification and found the soil to be marginally suitable under Class 4 described as 4Dnt where D stand for drainage, n for nutrient and t for texture. The major limitations were found to be excessive drainage, nutrient imbalance and sandy texture. Therefore, management practices recommended to improve the soils are (1) mulching the soils with different types of organic materials to retain water and plant nutrients; and (2) irrigating the soils during the dry period. If these agronomic practices are carried out, these soils could be productively used for growing kenaf. Malaysian Society of Soil Science 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/23756/1/Fertility%20and%20suitability%20of%20the%20Spodosols%20formed%20on%20sandy%20beach%20ridges%20interspersed%20with%20Swales%20in%20the%20Kelantan.pdf Roslan, I. and Jusop, Shamsuddin and Ishak, Che Fauziah and Abdul Rahim, Anuar (2011) Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production. Malaysian Journal of Soil Science, 15 (1). pp. 1-24. ISSN 1394-7990 English
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description	A study was conducted to evaluate the suitability of sandy soils in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains (Peninsular Malaysia) and suggest measures to improve their fertility for kenaf production. The coastal landscape is scarcely utilized for crop production due to the inherently low soil fertility, nutrient imbalance and water deficit which can seriously inhibit crop growth. Three sandy Spodosols with humus - rich spodic horizon were found, locally named as Rhu Tapai, Rudua and Jambu Series with sandy matrix (>95% sand), low CEC (0.16-4.52 cmolc kg-1) and high acidity (pH 4-5). The mineralogy data showed quartz (dominant), with gibbsite, hematite and feldspars in trace amounts that result from high degree of weathering. The Corg of Bs and Bhs horizon was about 2%, with C/N ratio of 14 to 25, respectively; this can be exploited for kenaf production. Hence, we evaluated these sandy Spodosols for kenaf production using Wong (2009) Crop-Suitability Classification and found the soil to be marginally suitable under Class 4 described as 4Dnt where D stand for drainage, n for nutrient and t for texture. The major limitations were found to be excessive drainage, nutrient imbalance and sandy texture. Therefore, management practices recommended to improve the soils are (1) mulching the soils with different types of organic materials to retain water and plant nutrients; and (2) irrigating the soils during the dry period. If these agronomic practices are carried out, these soils could be productively used for growing kenaf.
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spellingShingle	Roslan, I. Jusop, Shamsuddin Ishak, Che Fauziah Abdul Rahim, Anuar Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.
author_facet	Roslan, I. Jusop, Shamsuddin Ishak, Che Fauziah Abdul Rahim, Anuar
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title	Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.
title_short	Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.
title_full	Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.
title_fullStr	Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.
title_full_unstemmed	Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.
title_sort	fertility and suitability of the spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with swales in the kelantan - terengganu plains of malaysia for kenaf production.
publisher	Malaysian Society of Soil Science
publishDate	2011
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Fertility and suitability of the Spodosols formed on sandy beach ridges interspersed with Swales in the Kelantan - Terengganu Plains of Malaysia for kenaf production.

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