Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil

In Malaysia, about 0.5 million ha of acid sulfate soils are found scattered over the east, west, and Sabah and Sarawak regions that can potentially be cultivated with paddy. This type of soil is acidic and not immediately suitable for crop production unless improved by applying some amendments. Thus...

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Main Authors: Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah, Abdullah, Rosazlin, Karsani, Saiful Anuar, Osman, Normaniza, Panhwar, Qurban Ali, Ishak, Che Fauziah
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https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8090165
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spelling my.um.eprints.227432019-10-14T08:12:28Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/22743/ Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah Abdullah, Rosazlin Karsani, Saiful Anuar Osman, Normaniza Panhwar, Qurban Ali Ishak, Che Fauziah Q Science (General) QH Natural history In Malaysia, about 0.5 million ha of acid sulfate soils are found scattered over the east, west, and Sabah and Sarawak regions that can potentially be cultivated with paddy. This type of soil is acidic and not immediately suitable for crop production unless improved by applying some amendments. Thus, the current study was carried out to investigate the effects of various types of soil amendments on the growth, yield, and physiological responses of rice grown in extremely acidic conditions using ground magnesium limestone (GML), basalt, biochar, and compost as soil amendments. The acid sulfate soil with a pH of 3.76 was obtained from a paddy field in Merbok, Kedah. The plant responses were evaluated based on agronomic, physiological, and yield performance. The compost-treated rice showed the best performance in all three criteria. Compost treatment increased the soil pH up to 6.25. Physiological performances such as chlorophyll, photosynthetic rate, and water use efficiency were higher after compost treatment, while transpiration and stomatal conductance showed the highest after GML treatment. It can be concluded that the addition of compost as a soil amendment can increase soil pH and create favorable soil conditions for rice cultivation in acid sulfate soil, leading to improved rice growth performance. MDPI 2018 Article PeerReviewed Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah and Abdullah, Rosazlin and Karsani, Saiful Anuar and Osman, Normaniza and Panhwar, Qurban Ali and Ishak, Che Fauziah (2018) Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil. Agronomy, 8 (9). p. 165. ISSN 2073-4395 https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8090165 doi:10.3390/agronomy8090165
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topic Q Science (General)
QH Natural history
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
QH Natural history
Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah
Abdullah, Rosazlin
Karsani, Saiful Anuar
Osman, Normaniza
Panhwar, Qurban Ali
Ishak, Che Fauziah
Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil
description In Malaysia, about 0.5 million ha of acid sulfate soils are found scattered over the east, west, and Sabah and Sarawak regions that can potentially be cultivated with paddy. This type of soil is acidic and not immediately suitable for crop production unless improved by applying some amendments. Thus, the current study was carried out to investigate the effects of various types of soil amendments on the growth, yield, and physiological responses of rice grown in extremely acidic conditions using ground magnesium limestone (GML), basalt, biochar, and compost as soil amendments. The acid sulfate soil with a pH of 3.76 was obtained from a paddy field in Merbok, Kedah. The plant responses were evaluated based on agronomic, physiological, and yield performance. The compost-treated rice showed the best performance in all three criteria. Compost treatment increased the soil pH up to 6.25. Physiological performances such as chlorophyll, photosynthetic rate, and water use efficiency were higher after compost treatment, while transpiration and stomatal conductance showed the highest after GML treatment. It can be concluded that the addition of compost as a soil amendment can increase soil pH and create favorable soil conditions for rice cultivation in acid sulfate soil, leading to improved rice growth performance.
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author Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah
Abdullah, Rosazlin
Karsani, Saiful Anuar
Osman, Normaniza
Panhwar, Qurban Ali
Ishak, Che Fauziah
author_facet Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah
Abdullah, Rosazlin
Karsani, Saiful Anuar
Osman, Normaniza
Panhwar, Qurban Ali
Ishak, Che Fauziah
author_sort Abdul Halim, Nur Sa'adah
title Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil
title_short Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil
title_full Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil
title_fullStr Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil
title_full_unstemmed Influence of Soil Amendments on the Growth and Yield of Rice in Acidic Soil
title_sort influence of soil amendments on the growth and yield of rice in acidic soil
publisher MDPI
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/22743/
https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy8090165
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