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Amendment of empty fruit bunch (EFB) and vermicompost (VC) in coconut coir dust (CD) has been promoted as a potential alternate media in soilless culture. However, in commercial overview, several problems can be seen in the use of amendment with coconut coir dust as a growth media. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of EFB and VC as organic amendment (10%–40%; v/v) on the growth and yield of tomato plant in CD media. Six treatments were used with five replications. A 100% CD with nutrient solution (electrical conductivity [EC] = 2.5 mS · cm−1) was used as control treatment. The other treatments were 30 EFB, 10, 20, 30, and 40% VC, which were equivalent to half strength of the nutrients supplied in control. The results showed that plants grown in CD with 20% VC had higher vegetative growth and yield.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Agriculture Institute of Tropical Agriculture |
DOI Number: | https://doi.org/10.1080/1065657X.2013.784012 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Keywords: | Tomatoes; Organic enrichment; Coconut coir dust; Yield |
Depositing User: | Norhazura Hamzah |
Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2016 13:31 |
Last Modified: | 24 Feb 2016 13:49 |
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URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29428 |
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