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Effects of Liming on Growth, Biomass Production and Nutrient Content of Albizia Procera Seedlings Grown in Acid Soil

Shawan Mazumder
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Md. Abu Naser Khan
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government ofBangladesh.

Md. Faruque Hossain
Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government ofBangladesh.

A. H. M. Zulfiquar Ali
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Md. Khalilur Rahman
Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A pot experiment was carried out in the net house of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka to evaluate the growth performance of Albizia procera (Roxb.) Benth. Seedlings grown in acid soil under the influence of lime (CaO). Nine different treatments were applied. Height, fresh and dry weight of root, stem, leaf and nutrient contents were higher in T₇ treatment (4 ton lime/ha).

Keywords: Biomass production, Nodulation, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Iron content, Soil property, Soil fertility

Location: The village - Hatubhanga, union- Gorai, upazila- Mirzapur, district- Tangail, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Liming, Nutrient solution

Objectives:

To evaluate the growth, biomass production and nodulation and nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and iron content in the leaf of A. procera seedlings grown in acid soil of Mirzapur as influenced by liming in the net house of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka.

Methodology:

Sample was collected from the village - Hatubhanga, union- Gorai, upazila- Mirzapur, district- Tangail, Bangladesh. Some physico-chemical properties of the soil are as follows: pH 4.76 (1:2.5 W/V H₂O), sand 19.48%, silt 45.79% and clay 34.73%, textural class- silty clay loam (Piper 1944), soil colour- brown red and organic carbon 1.04% (Jackson 1958). The available and total nitrogen were 109 mg/kg and 0.12% (Marr and Cresser 1983), available phosphorus and potassium were 6.9 and 23.9 mg/kg, respectively. Three kilogram of soil was used per plastic pot. Treatments with three replications were as follows: T₁: Control (without lime), T₂: 0.5 ton lime/ha, T₃: 1 ton lime/ha, T₄ : 1.5 ton lime/ha T₅: 2 ton lime/ha T₆: 3 ton lime/ha T₇: 4 ton lime/ha T₈: 5 ton lime/ha, and T₉: 7 ton lime/ha. Pots were arranged in a complete randomized design (CRD) in the net house of the Department of Soil, Water and Environment, University of Dhaka. A. procera seeds were collected from Forest Department, Govt. of Bangladesh. Three seeds were sown per pot. Seedlings were irrigated with tap water. Intercultural operations viz. weeding, pesticide application etc. were done as and when needed. Height was measured from the surface of the soil to the tip of the leaf of the seedlings. Seedlings were allowed to grow 120 days and harvested as root, stem and leaf. Fresh and dry weights were recorded. The samples were air-dried in the room temperature and ovendried at 65⁰ C in the laboratory. The concentration of N in leaf was determined by using a Kjeldahl steam-distillation apparatus in the presence of excess 40% NaOH (Cresser and Parsons 1979). The concentration of P in leaf was determined by the ammonium molybdate blue color method in a Cecil spectrophotometer (Murphy and Riley 1962). The concentration of K in leaf was determined by feeding the extract into a flame photometer using a suitable filter. Iron was determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS). Soil pH was measured by corning electrode pH meter. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) was performed to test the effects of liming on fresh and dry matter production, root and shoot length, and number of nodules formed and concentration of N, P, K and Fe content in leaf. All statistical analyses were performed with Minitab, version 17.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Sci. Res. 29(2): 177-181, 2016 (December)

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Achievement/Findings:

The results of the height, fresh and dry weight of root, stem and leaf, number of nodules, length of root, ratio of root and shoot after harvest have been presented. The values of height did not vary significantly but the longest height (20.9 cm) was recorded in T₇ treatment (4 ton lime/ha). Fresh weight of root and leaf varied significantly (p = 0.5). Stem did not show significant variation. The highest value of root (5.58 g/plant), stem (2.95 g/plant) and leaf (3.02 g/plant) were achieved in T₇ treatment. Total fresh weight of root, stem and leaf (11.55 g/plant) was recorded also highest in T₇ treatment (4 ton lime/ha). Dry weight of root and leaf varied significantly (p = 0.5). The highest dry weight of root (3.02 g/plant), stem (1.62 g/plant) and leaf (1.05 g/plant) were observed in T₇ treatment. Total dry weight of root, stem and leaf (5.69 g/plant) were also observed in T₇ treatment where 4 ton lime per hectare was applied. Lugo et al. (1990) recorded high rate of biomass production (124 ton/ ha) for this species. The benefit of liming is in agreement with Costa et al. (1992). Number of nodules and length of roots per plant differed significantly (p = 0.5). The highest values of nodules (27.67 no./plant) and length of roots (19.63 cm/plant) were noted highest in T₇ and T₆ treatments where 4 and 3 ton lime were applied, respectively. Uddin et al. (2007) observed a positive effect of P fertilization on the nodule formation. The highest value of root/ shoot ratio (3.03) was achieved in T₄ treatment where 1.5 ton lime was applied per hectare. A. procera was planted in saline alkaline soils of Bogi of Sundarban areas and found promising growth (Hossain 2015). This study clearly indicated that the normal physiology of A. procera seedlings will be seriously affected without the use of lime in acid soils and plantation programme will be unsuccessful. Application of medium doses of lime to reduce acidity could be a possible solution for healthy A. procera (Silkoroi) seedlings in the high land soils.

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