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Chua Chin Kok, . and Ong Kim Pin, . and Zainuriah Abdullah, . and Lim Teong Kwee, . (2005) Growth nutrient contents and nodulation of leguminous cover crop Mucuna bracteata in oil palm plantation. [Proceedings Paper]
Abstract
A new shade tolerant species Mucuna bracteata was introduced in the Kulim estates in 2001 by EPA Management Sdn Bhd. It was found to be vigorous in growth and would also smother over the noxious weeds. Mucuna bracteata produced 11.2 tonnes dry matter per hectare. The calculated fertilizer value of N P K and Mg of Mucuna bracteata green biomass was approximately RM 1090 two years after planting in the field. The vines grew very fast by branching from every node that touched the soil However only the old vines from the roots of Mucuna bracteata formed nodules at the top 15 cm of the soil but seldom on the main tap root. The number and density of Mucuna bracteata nodulation varied ranging from 2 to 8g/m2. There were three colours in the internal region of the nodules of Mucuna bracteata namely greenish blackish and pinkish. The pinkish and blackish nodules are fixed nitrogen but the blackish nodules may be at the aging stage.
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Abstract
A new shade tolerant species Mucuna bracteata was introduced in the Kulim estates in 2001 by EPA Management Sdn Bhd. It was found to be vigorous in growth and would also smother over the noxious weeds. Mucuna bracteata produced 11.2 tonnes dry matter per hectare. The calculated fertilizer value of N P K and Mg of Mucuna bracteata green biomass was approximately RM 1090 two years after planting in the field. The vines grew very fast by branching from every node that touched the soil However only the old vines from the roots of Mucuna bracteata formed nodules at the top 15 cm of the soil but seldom on the main tap root. The number and density of Mucuna bracteata nodulation varied ranging from 2 to 8g/m2. There were three colours in the internal region of the nodules of Mucuna bracteata namely greenish blackish and pinkish. The pinkish and blackish nodules are fixed nitrogen but the blackish nodules may be at the aging stage.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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| AGROVOC Term: | Mucuna |
| AGROVOC Term: | Fabaceae |
| AGROVOC Term: | Cover crops |
| AGROVOC Term: | Transplanting |
| AGROVOC Term: | Oil palms |
| AGROVOC Term: | Plantations |
| AGROVOC Term: | Growth |
| AGROVOC Term: | Nitrogen content |
| AGROVOC Term: | Biological nitrogen fixation |
| AGROVOC Term: | Weeding |
| Geographical Term: | MALAYSIA |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 05:16 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13456 |
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