Response of some soil meso- and macro-faunal populations to soil management during crop and fallow periods on a semi-arid tropical alfisol (India)

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 123-129

  Reddy, V Srinivas ^a   Reddy, M Vikram ^a   Lee, K K ^b   Rao, K P C ^b   Sinivasan, S T ^b  

^a KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Acarina; Collembola; Crop and fallow periods; Earthworms; Soil management practices; Soil micro arthropods; Tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000029503     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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