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Accumulation and Migration of Phosphate Applied as Rock Phosphate in an Oil Palm Plantation

A.R. Zaharah, J. Hawa and H A H. Sharifuddin

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science, Volume 8, Issue 3, December 1985

Keywords: Total P; P fractionation; extractable P

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An experiment was conducted to study the accumulation and migration of P applied as ChristmasIsland Rock Phosphate (15% P) to an oil palm crop grown on Kuala Brang soil series (Typic Paleudult). These oil palm trees were fertilized for 17 consecutive years at the rate of 0, 44 and 88 kg P/ha/year. Most of the P was found to accumulate mainly in the top 10 cm of the soil and were present in the order of Ca-P > Fe-P > Al-P. Olsen extractable P, total P, inorganic P fractions, soil CEC and pH were found to increase with increasing rates of P applied.

ISSN 1511-3701

e-ISSN 2231-8542

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PERT-0317-1985

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