Effects of Soil Compaction and Water Sress on the Growth Performance of Hopea odorata Roxb. Mimusops elengi Linn. Seedlings -Morphological Responses

• Main Authors: Zainudin, Siti Rubiah, Kamis, A
• Format: Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/917/1/Siti%20Rubiah.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/917/
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Soil compaction and its impact on plant growth and yield are issues of global concern (Voorhees, 1991). Compaction increases the bulk density or strength of a soil, commonly referred to as its 'mechanical impedence', and reduces its conductivity, permeability and diffusivity to water and a...