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Influence of Liming and Soil pH on Sorghum (S. Bicolor) and Groundnut (Arachis Hypogaea) in Acid Tropical Malaysian Peat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

W. Y. Chew ,
K. T. Joseph  and
K. Ramli
W. Y. Chew
Affiliation:
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)Jalan KebunKelangSelangorMalaysia
K. T. Joseph
Affiliation:
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)Jalan KebunKelangSelangorMalaysia
K. Ramli
Affiliation:
Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI)Jalan KebunKelangSelangorMalaysia
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Summary

In three field experiments, peat pH increased in parabolic relation to liming at the rate of 0.0544 pH unit/t/ha between 0–40 t/ha lime, but only 0.0224/t/ha between 40–72 t/ha. Groundnut and sorghum seed yield and crop residue also showed parabolic responses to peat pH and liming, but groundnut seed yield correlated poorly with soil pH (r2 = 0.38, P = 0.05), compared with its crop residue as well as with sorghum seed and residue (r2 = 0.75, 0.76 and 0.79, respectively, P = 0.01). Groundnut was generally more tolerant of peat acidity (pH 3.35–3.65) than sorghum, giving higher plant survival in unlimed plots, optimum seed and residue at pH 4.60 compared with 5.70 for sorghum, and reduced responsiveness to pH increase. Seed and residue of both crops decreased with continuous cropping, probably because of increasing pest and disease incidence and depletion of available soil nutrients.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , April 1981 , pp. 163 - 169
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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