AGR701: Soil Fertility Management / Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of soil fertility and management under the Malaysian conditions. After the introductory section on the concept of soil fertility, the course concentrates on some important approaches to overcoming problems of low fertility soils with par...
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Language: | English |
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Online Access: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75193/1/75193.pdf https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75193/ |
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Summary: | This course is designed to provide a fundamental understanding of soil fertility and management under the Malaysian conditions. After the introductory section on the concept of soil fertility, the course concentrates on some important approaches to overcoming problems of low fertility soils with particular reference to some major plantation areas. Aspects of managing soil fertility and conserving soil against its deterioration such as soil erosion, depletion of nutrients in soil and stresses occurring in soil that affect plant growth are also covered. This is followed by discussions on the management of some problem soils in Malaysia. |
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