Determination of bris soil properties using chemical fertilizer under different light intensity

• Main Author: Hasfazilah Mokhta
• Format: Undergraduate Final Project Report
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7105/1/HASFAZILAH.pdf; http://discol.umk.edu.my/id/eprint/7105/

BRIS soil is a type of sandy soil and has limited ability to support plant growth due to it poor of chemical and physical characteristic of soil. The research objectives focus on the effect of chemical fertilizer on BRIS soil properties under different shading area and to study the effect of different amount of light intensity (30% and 50%) on properties of BRIS soil. The design was layout by split plot design with two different media, BRIS soil with and without chemical fertilizer under different amount of light intensity (30% and 50%). The applying of chemical fertilizer and effect of 50% light intensity on BRIS soil were more effective in increasing the amount of organic matter, availability of Potassium (K) and Phosphorus (P) in soil and performance growth of Arachis hypogaea. The overall result showed that the BRIS soil with applying of chemical fertilizer with exposes of 50% light intensity can increase the fertility of BRIS soil and plant production. On other hand, the soil pH values were found to be slightly acidic to acidic.