Short-term changes in the soil physical and chemical properties due to different soil and water conservation practices in a sloping land oil palm estate

• Main Authors: Teh, Christopher Boon Sung, Goh, Kah Joo, Law, Chu Chien, Seah, Tiong Seng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia Press 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11192/1/Short-term%20Changes%20in%20the%20Soil%20Physical%20and%20Chemical%20Properties%20due%20to%20Different%20Soil%20and%20Water%20Conservation%20Practices%20in%20a%20Sloping%20Land%20Oil%20Palm%20Estate.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11192/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JTAS%20Vol.%2034%20(1)%20Feb.%202011/09%20Pg%2041-62.pdf

The effectiveness of mulching materials, empty fruit bunches (EFB) and EFB mat (Ecomat) and the construction of soil trenches (silt pits) as soil water and nutrient conservation methods, have yet to be compared against one another in any single study. Moreover, as compared to the EFB studies, much l...