Abstract
Simple and Rapid Method of Isolating Humic Acids from Tropical Peat Soils (Saprists)
Highlights
IntroductionPeat soils are rich inAbout 2.5 million ha of peatland can be found in Malaysia
Being organic in nature, peat soils are rich inAbout 2.5 million ha of peatland can be found in Malaysia
Results: there was a linear relationship between extraction period and humic acids (HA) yield, there was no relationship between fractionation period and yield of HA
Summary
Peat soils are rich inAbout 2.5 million ha of peatland can be found in Malaysia. Pineapples and oil palms are among the major crops grown on peat soils. The inherent nature of peat soils has been militating against sustainable cultivation of most crops on them as desired. Lack of good anchorage leads to oil palm yield reduction on these soils. In the case of pineapple cultivation on peat soils, the yield decreases with time not withstanding high application of fertilizers even though the practice is not economically viable and environmentally unfriendly[1,2]. Besides these impediments, frequent burning of peat soils with the accompanied undesirable economic losses cannot be overemphasized
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