Revamping of entisol soil physical characteristics with compost treatment

International Conference on Agriculture, Environment, and Food Security

农业科学;生态环境科学

Sumono^1 ; Loka, S.P.^1 ; Nasution, D.L.S.^1

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Kampus USU, Jl. Prof. Dr. A. Sofyan No.3, Medan

20155, Indonesia^1

关键词: Compost applications;    Experimental methods;    Physical characteristics;    research methods;    Soil organic matters;    Soil permeability;    Soil thickness;    Water availability;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/122/1/012090/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/122/1/012090

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Physical characteristic of Entisol soil is an important factor for the growth of plant. The aim of this research was to know the effect of compost application on physical characteristics of Entisol soil. The research method used was experimental method with 6 (six) treatments and 3 replications of which K1 = 10 kg Entisol soil without compost, K2 = 9 Kg Entisol soil with 1 kg compost, K3 = 8 kg Entisol soil with 2 kg compost, K4 = 7 kg Entisol soilwith3 kg compost, K5 = 6 kg Entisol soil with 4 kg compost and K6 = 5 kg Entisol soil with 5 kg compost. The observed parameters were soil texture, soil organic matter, soil thickness, porosity, soil pore size, soil permeability and water availability. The results showed that the Entisol soil texture was loamy sand texture, the value of soil organic matter ranged from 0.74% to 4.69%, soil thickness ranged from 13.83 to 20.16 cm, porosity ranged from16% to 37%, soil pore size ranged from 2.859 to 5.493 μ m, permeability ranged from 1.24 to 5.64 cm/hour and water availability ranged from 6.67% to 9.12% by each treatment.