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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5243-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-5243-2020
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04 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 04 Nov 2020

Herbicide weed control increases nutrient leaching compared to mechanical weeding in a large-scale oil palm plantation

Greta Formaglio, Edzo Veldkamp, Xiaohong Duan, Aiyen Tjoa, and Marife D. Corre

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The intensive management of large-scale oil palm plantations may result in high nutrient leaching losses which reduce soil fertility and potentially pollute water bodies. The reduction in management intensity with lower fertilization rates and with mechanical weeding instead of the use of herbicide results in lower nutrient leaching losses while maintaining high yield. Lower leaching results from lower nutrient inputs from fertilizer and from higher retention by enhanced cover vegetation.
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