Composting of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches with Trichoderma and Organic Nitrogen Supplementation and the Effects of the Compost on Growth of Tomato and Corn

• Main Author: Mukhlis
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Tomatoes - Compost - Case studies; Corn - Compost - Case studies
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6232/1/FP_2006_18.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/6232/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Currently, Malaysia has 3.875 million ha of oil palm plantation. In total, about 90 million t of renewable biomass (trunks, fronds, shells, palm press fibre, and the empty b i t bunches) are produced annually. The empty h i t bunches (EFB) represent about 9 % of this total. EFB are the residue af...