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| Title: | Reclamation of tin tailings for crop production |
| Authors: | Mok, C. K.
Lim, K. H. |
| Issue Date: | 1985 |
| Publisher: | PUPM |
| Citation: | Advances in soil research in Malaysia: proceedings of the technical workshop on soil science: Selangor (Malaysia), 8-10 Nov 1983, p. 95-111 |
| Abstract: | The physical conditions of sand tailings were improved with the incorporation of slime, peat or organic wastes. The structure developed can be stabilized with soil conditioners. Of these mixtures, chicken dung was found to be more effective manure than inorganic fertilizers. With chicken dung, satisfactory growth and yield of Brassica chinensis, sorghum and maize were obtained. An overburden mixed with slime, peat and sewage sludge increased the yield of mungbean by 78% and 300% respectively. The yield of mulched plots was 85% higher than unmulched plots. Panicum maximum and Setaria splendida also grew well with the addition of sewage sludge and chicken dung. The findings are that reclamation of sand tailings for cropping requires the incorporation of 10% - 20% slime and 5% ploughing and rotovation to improve the compact structure. The mixed tailings and overburden have the least constraints and require minimal soil amendment for crop production |
| URI: | http://agris.upm.edu.my:8080/dspace/handle/0/1275 |
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