Universal Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 11(5), pp. 777 - 791
DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2023.110504
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Comparative Relationships of Leaflet Essential Elements of Immature Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) between A Novel Biochemical Fertilizer and Standard Practice Application

Shih Hao Tony Peng ^1,2,*, Kheng Hoy Chee ², Halimi Mohd Saud ³, Mohd Rafii Yusop ^4,5, Geok Hun Tan ^1
1 Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
² All Cosmos Bio-Tech Holding Corporation, PLO650, Jalan Keluli, Pasir Gudang Industrial Estate, Malaysia
³ Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
⁴ Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
⁵ Institute of Tropical Agriculture and Food Security, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia

ABSTRACT

The standard practice application (SPA) of fertilizer is now thought of as Malaysia's most cost-effective fertilization technique when comparing total expenses per hectare of palm oil plants and fertilizer costs. There is also a strategy to reduce the cost of labour and fertilizer per acre to make it more cost-effective. Under a field plot experimental study conducted in Telang oil palm plantation, Kuala Lipis (Pahang), the present study aimed to compare five essential elements (chloride (CI), copper (Cu), sulfur (S), zinc (Zn), and Iron (Fe)) in the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis)'s leaflets between Universiti Putra Malaysia biochemical fertilizer (UPMBF) and SPA. Based on the established guideline proposed by Fairhurst and Mutert (1999), overall, three elements in both UPMBF and SPA showed the ‘Optimum' category for CI, Cu, and Zn. However, only S levels are categorized as ‘Deficiency', while the Fe guideline has not been established yet. All the five essential elements in UPMBF are not significantly different (P> 0.05) from those in SPA based on the three statistical analyses namely cluster analysis, correlation analysis and multiple linear stepwise regression analysis. Therefore, they are comparable to each other. With lower costs using UPMBF, the UPMBF could be employed as a cost-effective and novel fertilization application for immature oil palm in Malaysia.

KEYWORDS
Novel Biofertilizer, Oil Palm, Essential Elements

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Shih Hao Tony Peng , Kheng Hoy Chee , Halimi Mohd Saud , Mohd Rafii Yusop , Geok Hun Tan , "Comparative Relationships of Leaflet Essential Elements of Immature Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) between A Novel Biochemical Fertilizer and Standard Practice Application," Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 777 - 791, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2023.110504.

(b). APA Format:
Shih Hao Tony Peng , Kheng Hoy Chee , Halimi Mohd Saud , Mohd Rafii Yusop , Geok Hun Tan (2023). Comparative Relationships of Leaflet Essential Elements of Immature Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis) between A Novel Biochemical Fertilizer and Standard Practice Application. Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 11(5), 777 - 791. DOI: 10.13189/ujar.2023.110504.