Effect of Soil Amendment on Some Soil Physical Properties Under Mango Canopies at Chaloem Phra Kiat District, Saraburi Province
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soil amendment, soil physical properties, mangoAbstract
To study of soil amendment on some soil physicals properties under mango canopies at Chaloem Phra Kiat District, Saraburi Province was designed by randomized completely block design (RCBD) with 6 treatments, 4 replications: 1) control 2) biochar 3) chicken manure 4) cow manure 5) pumice and 6) sand at a rate of 10 kg/tree for each experiment. The result found that chicken manure and cow manure after applied caused the bulk density decreasing in top soil (0-15 cm) at 1.49 and 1.50 g/cm3 at 6 and 12 months, respectively. In sub soil (15-30 cm), pumice reduced the bulk density to 1.52 g/cm3 after applied 6 months, whereas biochar provided the lowest bulk density at 1.54 g/cm3 after applied 12 months. Pumice caused the lowest of particle density both in top and subsoil at 2.20 and 2.22 g/cm3, respectively (P<0.01) after 6 months applied. However, after 12 months treated, chicken manure provided the lowest particle density in top soil (2.13 g/cm3) and pumice showed the lowest particle density in subsoil (2.21 g/cm3). Soil porosity in top and subsoil were increased by biochar and cow manure, respectively, after 12 months applied. Moreover, cow manure could increase the soil moisture both in top and subsoil at 6 months after applied (P<0.05). Biochar provided the highest of soil aggregate at 6 and 12 months after applied at 46.7 and 41.8%, respectively. However, in top and subsoil, it could not find the changing of soil texture after treated all soil amendments at 6 and 12 months. In summary, chicken manure and pumice could use for improving soil bulk and particle densities and soil porosity whereas biochar could increase soil moisture and soil aggregate.
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