Reducing soil phosphorus fixation to improve yield of zea mays l. cultivation on a tropical acid soil using compost and biochar derived from agro-industrial wastes

• Main Authors: Huck Ywih Ch'ng, Osumanu Haruna Ahmed, Nik Muhamad Ab. Majid, Mohamadu Boyie Jalloh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis Inc. 2017
• Subjects: S590-599.9 Soils. Soil science Including soil surveys, soil chemistry, soil structure, soil-plant relationships; TD783-812.5 Municipal refuse. Solid wastes
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30943/1/Reducing%20soil%20phosphorus%20fixation%20to%20improve%20yield%20of%20zea%20mays%20l.%20cultivation%20-ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30943/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1065657X.2016.1202795?scroll=top&needAccess=true; http://doi.org/10.1080/1065657X.2016.1202795

Phosphorus is an essential element required to maintain profitable crop production. Most soils of the tropics, such as Ultisols, are acidic and fix phosphorus because of their characteristically high contents of aluminium and iron. Compost and biochar could be used to mitigate phosphorus fixation by...