The study was conducted to investigate the effect of intercropping system between short-term crops and karas trees on the growth of karas trees and the side income made by the karas planters after implementing the intercropping system. There were four treatment groups implemented in this study which include monoculture of karas(control), karas with chilli (T1), karas with okra(T2) and karas with corn (T3). The karas tree growth parameters measured were height (cm), circumference (cm) and leaves count. The production yield of selected short-term crops was weighed in kilogram and the net profit analysis was made based on the market price of chilli, corn and okra. The data collection for the growth of karas tree was done ‘before’ and ‘during’ the plantation of short-term cropsin the study site as well as ‘after’ the short-term crops were removed from the study site.Data analysis showed that there was a significant difference (p..

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Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kesan penanaman tanaman jangka pendek terhadap pengusaha tanaman karas (Aquilaria malaccesnsis) dan persekitaran fizikal. Temubual berstruktur telah dijalankan di negeri Perak dan Selangor bagi meninjau jenis dan harga tanaman jangka pendek yang mempunyai permintaan tinggi di pasaran. Pengumpulan data seperti pengukuran tumbesaran pokok karas, penentuan kualiti tanah (mikronutrien dan makronutrien dalam tanah), pH tanah, kandungan air dalam tanah, tinjauan taburan serangga dan hasil tuaian bagi tanaman jangka pendek telah dilakukan di Ladang Karas Kampung Tambak Slim River, Perak sebanyak 3 kali iaitu ‘sebelum’ dan ‘semasa’ tanaman jangka pendek ditanam serta ‘selepas’ tanaman jangka pendek dibuang dari kawasan kajian. Ladang karas ini telah dipilih kerana lokasi ladang yang strategik dan mempunyai kemudahan yang lengkap bagi penjagaan pokok karas.  Reka Bentuk Rawak Blok Lengkap (RCBD) merupakan reka bentuk yang digunakan dalam kajian. .....

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