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In Celebration of His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 84th Birthday Anniversary

Figure 2. Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visited the Huay Sai Royal Development Study Center and the vetiver grass cultivation study area on 29 January 2007. Objectives and Methodology The one-year study (from October 2009- September 2010) applied previous methodology of treatments, research results and development; demonstrated the expansion of treatments to fruit trees, plants of economic value, legumes and fast-growing plants to an economical scale of investment; and demonstrated each step of the treatments in the research to allow interested people to apply such treatments in their areas. This is a quantitative and qualitative research of demonstrative plots for improvement of compact hardpan soil for the eventual cultivation of four types of plants: fruit trees, plants of economic value, legumes, and fast-growing plants. Each consisted of 10 different samples with 10 plants for each sample totaling 100 plants per plot of 1 rai (1 hectare = 6.25 rai). The study used the strip plot method of five treatments and two replicants as follows. For treatment 1 (T1),perennial plants were grown as controlled factor (see Figure 3). Figure 3. Treatment 1 (T1), of the experiment. ENCOURAGING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN BUSINESS AND COMMUNITIES FOR BIODIVERSITY 3


In Celebration of His Majesty the King of Thailand’s 84th Birthday Anniversary
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