Compost of Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches with Coastal Mud and Rice Husk Biochar to Improve The Acid Sulphate Soil Fertility
Sri Andayani(a), Edy Syafril Hayat(a), Rita Hayati(b), Hery Medianto Kurniawan(a), Endang Noerhartati(c*), Agnes Tutik Purwani Irianti(a)
a)Departement of Agrotecnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Panca Bhakti Pontianak
Jl Kom Yos Sudarso, Pontianak, Indonesia
sriandayani[at]upb.ac.id+edysyafrilhayat[at]upb.ac.id+herymkurniawan[at]upb.ac.id+agnestutik[at]upb.ac.id
b)Departement of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Tanjungpura Pontianak
rita.hayati[at]faperta.untan.ac.id
c*)Departement of Agroindustrial Technology, Faculty of , Engineering, Universitas Wijaya Kusuma Surabaya
Jl. Dukuh Kupang XXV/54 Surabaya, Indonesia
*)endangnoer_uwks[at]yahoo.com+endang_noer[at]uwks.ac.id
c)Postgraduate Student, Department of Education Management, Universitas Negeri Surabaya, Indonesia
Jl Kampus Ketintang, Surabaya, Indonesia
endang.18006[at]mhs.unesa.ac.id
Abstract
The research purposes : (1) Producing enriched compost of oil palm Empty Fruit Bunches (EFB) with coastal mud and rice husk biochar that is suitable for application to acid sulphate soils, (2) Getting the best dosage to increase acid sulphate soil fertility. The method used: complete random design (CRD) factorial pattern, the first factor composition of enriched oil palm EFB compost, second factor : doses of compost enriched. Data analysis using analysis of varian (ANOVA), significant differences continued with Honestly Signicant Difference Test (HSD). The variables observed were: soil pH H2O, exch-Al, Base Saturation, total-N, Bray-P and exch-K. The results showed: compost oil palm EFB treatment significantly affected the exch-K, whilst did not significantly affect the pH H2O, total-N, Bray-P, exch-Al and base saturation. Although enriched compost treatment did not significantly, and the finding is the treatment enriched compost trend to increased pH H2O, total-N and Bray-P.
Keywords: Compost; Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch; Rice Husk; Coastal Mud; Sulfuric acid soil
Topic: Environmental Engineering