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Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer

Oil palm trees need suitableamountof fertilizerforimprovement of growth and productivity. Different oil palm planting materials would require different amount of nitrogen-potassium (NK) fertilizer. Nitrogen promotesgrowth of plant leaves while potassium helpsoverall function of oil palm including fo...

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Main Authors: Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis, Abd. Manan, Fazilah
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Published: Dergi Park Akademik 2020
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QK Botany
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87073/
http://dx.doi.org/10.38001/ijlsb.697738
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spelling my.utm.870732020-10-31T12:23:12Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87073/ Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis Abd. Manan, Fazilah QK Botany Oil palm trees need suitableamountof fertilizerforimprovement of growth and productivity. Different oil palm planting materials would require different amount of nitrogen-potassium (NK) fertilizer. Nitrogen promotesgrowth of plant leaves while potassium helpsoverall function of oil palm including formation of sugar and starch. This study focused on the determination of photosynthetic-related properties including the amount of soluble sugar, starch and chlorophyll from six planting materials of oil palmindicated as A,B,C,D,E and F. Palms were supplementedwith different levels of fertilizer; T1for control, T2 and T3.In this study, we observed that the applicationof the fertilizer at T2 and T3 levels forplantingmaterialsA, B, and Cresulted inthe increasedamount of total soluble sugarcompared to control, T1. The total starch content and the total chlorophyllcontent fluctuated between treatments and types of planting materials, hence no clear trend was observed. These results could be usedto estimate the behaviour or biochemical responsesof oil palm from different planting materials towards different levelsof NK fertilizer. Dergi Park Akademik 2020 Article PeerReviewed Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis and Abd. Manan, Fazilah (2020) Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer. International Journal of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, 3 (1). pp. 70-80. ISSN 2651-4621 http://dx.doi.org/10.38001/ijlsb.697738
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topic QK Botany
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Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis
Abd. Manan, Fazilah
Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
description Oil palm trees need suitableamountof fertilizerforimprovement of growth and productivity. Different oil palm planting materials would require different amount of nitrogen-potassium (NK) fertilizer. Nitrogen promotesgrowth of plant leaves while potassium helpsoverall function of oil palm including formation of sugar and starch. This study focused on the determination of photosynthetic-related properties including the amount of soluble sugar, starch and chlorophyll from six planting materials of oil palmindicated as A,B,C,D,E and F. Palms were supplementedwith different levels of fertilizer; T1for control, T2 and T3.In this study, we observed that the applicationof the fertilizer at T2 and T3 levels forplantingmaterialsA, B, and Cresulted inthe increasedamount of total soluble sugarcompared to control, T1. The total starch content and the total chlorophyllcontent fluctuated between treatments and types of planting materials, hence no clear trend was observed. These results could be usedto estimate the behaviour or biochemical responsesof oil palm from different planting materials towards different levelsof NK fertilizer.
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author Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis
Abd. Manan, Fazilah
author_facet Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis
Abd. Manan, Fazilah
author_sort Nor Kamal, Nur Hanis
title Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
title_short Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
title_full Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
title_fullStr Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
title_full_unstemmed Photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
title_sort photosynthetic-related properties of oil palm leaves treated with different amount of fertilizer
publisher Dergi Park Akademik
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87073/
http://dx.doi.org/10.38001/ijlsb.697738
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