Published April 2002 | Version v1
Report

The use of 32P and 15N to estimate fertilizer efficiency in oil palm

  • 1. National Nuclear Energy Agency, Jakarta (Indonesia)
  • 2. Centre for Oil Palm Research, Medan (Indonesia)

Description

Improving efficiency of use of fertilizers has attracted a great deal of interest on oil-palm estates because of increasing input costs. It is assumed that higher efficiency of use of fertilizers for estate crops, including oil palm, would result in significant savings and less environmental pollution. One way to enhance efficiency of use of fertilizers by oil palm is to apply them where the most active roots are located. Previous work has indicated the possibility of determining the most active roots of tea and chinchona by using 32P. In this experiment, 32P was again used, to determine the locations of the most active roots of oil palm trees

Part of:
Nuclear techniques in integrated plant nutrient, water and soil management. Proceedings

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Nuclear techniques in integrated plant nutrient, water and soil management. Proceedings
Imprint Pagination
504 p.
Journal Issue
no. 11/P
Series
C and S papers series
Journal Page Range
p. 424-426
ISSN
1563-0153
Report number
IAEA-CSP--11/P

Conference

Title
International symposium on nuclear techniques in integrated plant nutrient, water and soil management
Dates
16-20 Oct 2000
Place
Vienna (Austria)

INIS

Country of Publication
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34022264
Subject category
S60: APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
EFFICIENCY; FERTILIZERS; FOLIAR UPTAKE; ISOTOPE DILUTION; NITROGEN 15; OIL PALMS; PHOSPHORUS 32; PRODUCTIVITY; ROOT ABSORPTION
Descriptors DEC
ABSORPTION; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOTOPE APPLICATIONS; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES; PLANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; SORPTION; STABLE ISOTOPES; TRACER TECHNIQUES; TREES; UPTAKE

Optional Information

Notes
5 refs, 3 figs
Secondary number(s)
IAEA-SM--363/63P