Effectual forms of chicken eggshell to improve soil pH and exchangeable bases (K, Ca and Mg) of peat soil / Muhammad Nazif Hussin, Nurul Wahida Hani and Nur Qursyna Boll Kassim

• Main Authors: Hussin, Muhammad Nazif, Hani, Nurul Wahida, Boll Kassim, Nur Qursyna
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2018
• Subjects: S Agriculture (General); Soils. Soil science. Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships; Soil conservation and protection
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57156/1/57156.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57156/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Low soil pH is one of the synonym characteristics of peat soils which restricted the nutrient availability in the soils. Even though the liming application using either agriculture lime, burned lime or hydrated lime is quite common in Malaysia, there is a potential of chicken eggshell to become a su...