Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Biochar Potential as Ameliorant for Acid Soil

Parlindungan Lumbanraja, Erwin Masrul Harahap, Abdul Rauf, Rachmat Adiwiganda

2018

Abstract

Research took place in Screenhouse of Agriculture Faculty, Nommensen HKBP University Medan, North Sumatera, Indonesia. The soil used is classified to Inceptisol with loam texture and pH of soil is 4,9 with Al 0,03 m.e/100 g took from Wonosari Tanjung Morawa, Deli Serdang, North Sumatera, Indonesia. The research is intend to know how the hypothesized oil palm emty fruit bunches biochar (OPEFBB) enhanced acid soil. Experiment conduct in Complete Randomized Design with six level and four times repetition, then continued analized with Duncan Multiple Range Test. The application of OPEFBB increasing with highly significat to: pH, sum of basic cations, base saturation and available K. The soil pH increasing is start from 0,2 units in application 5 t/ha up to 1,12 units of pH on application 25 t/ha. The increasing in soil available K reach 1,1 m.e/100 g (high) on application 5 t/ha and up to 2,48 m.e/100 g (very high) on the application 25 t/ha compared to the control with 0,59 m.e/100 g (medium). The levels of Ca, Mg, and P are increased with the application of material but statistically not significant. No significant effect OPEFBB application to the exchangeable Al of soil. The water volume content is increased significantly but simultaneously followed a significantly decrease in air filled pores, but for soil bd and soil total porosity did not effects significantly. The total population of soil microbes differed insignificantly with tendency of decline

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Lumbanraja P., Harahap E., Rauf A. and Adiwiganda R. (2018). Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Biochar Potential as Ameliorant for Acid Soil. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD, ISBN 978-989-758-543-2, pages 337-344. DOI: 10.5220/0009902500002480

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icnrsd18,
author={Parlindungan Lumbanraja and Erwin Masrul Harahap and Abdul Rauf and Rachmat Adiwiganda},
title={Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Biochar Potential as Ameliorant for Acid Soil},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,},
year={2018},
pages={337-344},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009902500002480},
isbn={978-989-758-543-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - Volume 1: ICNRSD,
TI - Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches Biochar Potential as Ameliorant for Acid Soil
SN - 978-989-758-543-2
AU - Lumbanraja P.
AU - Harahap E.
AU - Rauf A.
AU - Adiwiganda R.
PY - 2018
SP - 337
EP - 344
DO - 10.5220/0009902500002480