Influence of agricultural activity on soil morphological and physicochemical properties on sandy beach ridges along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohd Yusoff, Khairul Hafiz, Abdu, Arifin, Sakurai, Katsutoshi, Tanaka, Sota, Kang, Yumei
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62155/1/Influence%20of%20agricultural%20activity%20on%20soil%20morphological%20and%20physicochemical%20properties%20on%20sandy%20beach%20ridges%20along%20the%20east%20coast%20of%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62155/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00380768.2016.1255127

Along the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, beach ridges are formed with interspersed swales, which are referred to locally as beach ridges interspersed with swales (BRIS). Although BRIS soils are regarded as problematic lowland soils for agriculture because of their very sandy texture and concomit...