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W Current|y there |s h|gh demand for good qua||ty of fresh |emongrass
W1he consumers usua||y prefer |emongrass w|th b|gger sta|k rather than th|nner sta|k wh||e
these cr|ter|a are of no |mportance to the farmers (nau|ah et a| 2008)
WIn Ma|ays|a |n|and m|nera| so|| eg h|gh|y weathered ac|d|c so|| were used for
cu|t|vat|ng |emongrass a|| over en|nsu|ar Ma|ays|a (kosenan| et a| 2009)
WIarmers a|ways use h|gh amount of Nk fert|||zer that are norma||y |eached due to ra|n
W1o |ncrease fert|||ty of so|| for a |ong per|od b|ochar |s app||ed |nto the so|| 1he b|ochar
act as a so|| enhancer that ho|ds C and make so|| more fert||e (Lehmann and Ioseph
2009)
WS|nce b|gger sta|k |s of |mportance |t |s necessary to know the growth deve|opment and
requ|red nutr|ent for |emongrass to
Wproduceh|gh y|e|d and good qua||ty
Wreduceexcess|ve app||cat|on of fert|||zer
WSave cost
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11dipheny/2picry/hydroty/ {uPPn) ond toto/ pheno/ic contents of /emonqross
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Means fo||owed by the same |etter w|th|n co|umn are not s|gn|f|cant|y
d|fferent us|ng LSD test 00S
I|g1 |ant he|ght of
|emongrass at 1 3 and S
months after p|ant|ng
fo||ow|ng treatment w|th 0
( ) 10 ( )and 20 ( )
ton]ha of b|ochar
k|ce husk b|ochar
(ton]ha)
Ascorb|c ac|d
(mg100g
1
)
Ant|ox|dant Dn
(mg AA]100g)
1ota| pheno||c
content (mg
GAL]100g)
0 4200 a 83102 a 346 a
10 3700 a 84904 a 387 a
20 3900 a 93801 a 326 a
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I|g 2 |ant canopy
d|ameter at 1 3 and S
months after p|ant|ng w|th
treatment 0 ( ) 10 ( )
and 20 ton]ha ( ) b|ochar
CCNCLUSICN CCNCLUSICN
nau|ah N kosenan| A8 Ahmad Sn 1a[|d|n N L and ka|a Dk 2009
Growth performance and nutr|ent uptake of |emongrass (cymbopoqon
citrotus) |n response to d|fferent Nk fert|||zer rates roc So||s 2009 131S
Apr|| 2009 kua|a 1erengganu 1erengganu Daru| Iman
Lehmann I 2009 1erra preta Nova where to from here? In 1erra preta Nova A
1r|bute to W|m Sombroek W (ed IWoodsWG1e|xe|ra I Lehmann C Ste|ner
and AW|nk|err|ns) pp 473486 Spr|nger 8er||n
kosenan| A8 Ahmad S n nau|ah N 1a[|d|n N L and ka|a D k 2009
Growth performance and nutr|ent uptake of |emongrass (cymbopqon citrotus)
|n response to d|fferent Nk fert|||zer rates roceed|ng So||s 2009 131S
Apr||2009 kua|a 1erenganu 1erengganu Daru| Iman
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I|g 3 Se|ected p|ant|ng mater|a|s
of |emongrass
I|g 4 I|e|d p|ot
of |emongrass at
SS months after
p|ant|ng
DISCUSSICN DISCUSSICN
W1here were s|gn|f|cant d|fferences (00S) |n p|ant he|ght at 1 and S months
after p|ant|ng (I|g 1)
W1he b|ochar app||cat|on cou|d have |ncreased N fert|||zeruse eff|c|ency and
th|s cou|d be attr|buted to the |mproved so|| phys|ca| cond|t|ons thus
resu|t|ng |n the |ncreased |n p|ant he|ght
W Lemongrass treated w|th b|ochar showed s|gn|f|cant d|fferences (00S) |n
p|ant canopy d|ameter compared to contro| p|ants at 1 and S months after
p|ant|ng(I|g 2)
W1here were no s|gn|f|cant d|fferences (00S) |n ascorb|c ac|d and tota|
pheno||c contents and Dn assay of |emongrass treated w|th 0 10 and 20
ton]ha b|ochar
W1he amount of C (188) and the broadcast app||cat|on method of r|ce husk
b|ochar |n the subp|ot cou|d have resu|ted |n the |ack of d|fferences |n the
contents of the ant|ox|dants of treated and contro| p|ants
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