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Growth Study of Acacia sp. and Melaleuca cajuput in BRIS<br />

Ecosystem<br />

Stanley anak Jeffry Den<br />

Supervisor: Dr. Rohani bt. Shahrudin<br />

Bachelor of Applied Science<br />

(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)<br />

School of Marine and Environmental Science<br />

This study was conducted to compare the growth rate between invasive plant,<br />

Acacia sp., and native plant, Melaleuca cajuputi, in BRIS ecosystem. Both<br />

species were measured for their height, stem diameter and total leaf area<br />

monthly for 5 months. The factors affecting the growth such as temperature,<br />

humidity and light intensity were also measured. From the results, the average<br />

height of Acacia sp. is 1.34 meter meanwhile the average height of Melaleuca<br />

cajuputi is about 0.75 meter and the difference is about 28.23%. There is<br />

significant (p˂0.05) in height between Acacia sp. and M. cajuputi. As a<br />

conclusion, Acacia sp. surpassed the growth rate of Melaleuca cajuputi in BRIS<br />

ecosystem.<br />

1770 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018

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