Alleviating the infertility of an acid sulphate soil by using ground basalt with or without lime and organic fertilizer under submerged conditions

• Main Authors: Mohd Ali Raini, Siti Shazana, Jusop, Shamshuddin, Ishak, Che Fauziah, Syed Rastan, Syed Omar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40454/1/Alleviating%20the%20infertility%20of%20an%20acid%20sulphate%20soil%20by%20using%20ground%20basalt%20with%20or%20without%20lime%20and%20organic%20fertilizer%20under%20submerged%20conditions.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/40454/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.1111/abstract
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

A study was conducted into the alleviation of the infertility of an acid sulphate by using ground basalt with or without ground magnesium limestone (GML) and organic fertilizer. Fresh soils were treated with the amendments and subjected to two cycles of submergence and drying. The soil was dominated...