Rice residue management on Fadama lands and their effects on soil properties and crop development

• Main Authors: Abdullahi, Abubakar Sadiq, Ahmad, Desa, Amin, Sunusi Abubakar
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: School of Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51341/1/1-16.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/51341/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Rice hulls / husks were used as a stubble material to investigate their effects on soil properties root and shoot development of maize. Soils were sampled from five Fadama fields in Bauchi State, Nigeria. Under varied compaction (0 - 8 blows) and hulls levels (0 – 400 g), the soil bulk density was f...