Open AccessHUBUNGAN ANTARA CENDAWAN MIKORIZA ARBUSKULA INDIGENEOUS DAN SIFAT KIMIA TANAH DI LAHAN KRITIS TANJUNG ALAI, SUMATERA BARAT
Author(s) -
Muzakkir Muzakkir
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
jurnal solum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2356-0835
pISSN - 1829-7994
DOI - 10.25077/js.8.2.53-57.2011
Subject(s) - arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi , organic matter , agriculture , mycorrhizal fungi , land use , phosphorus , positive correlation , ecosystem , soil test , environmental science , agronomy , environmental chemistry , forestry , ecology , geography , soil science , soil water , chemistry , biology , horticulture , medicine , organic chemistry , inoculation
Critical land is land that has lost its function as an agro-ecosystem. The main problems faced in using critical land for agriculture are: 1) acidic soil reaction, 2) high amount of Al ions that can bind phosphorus, and 3) low organic matter content. Some treatment had been tried to improve soil chemical properties, but the result obtained is not optimal. Therefore, it is necessary to do biological improvement by utilizing indigeneous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF). Research on the relationship between Indigeneous Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and some chemical properties of degraded land have been carried out at the Laboratory of Soil Science and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Andalas University ( UNAND). This study was aimed to determine the relationship between the number and types of AMF with some chemical properties of critical land in Tanjung Alai Solok, West Sumatra, as well as to study the relationship between the number and types of AMF with some soil chemical properties using Pearson correlation analysis. The results showed that: the number and types of AMF is closely related to pH, P, and organic C, with a pattern of positive relationships (unidirectional), while Al-dd soil showed negative correlation with the number and types of AMF.Keywords: critical land, AMF, soil chemical properties