Agricultural productivity in the tropics and critical limits of properties of Oxisols, Ultisols, and Alfisols

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 96-103

  Aune, Jens B ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Available nutrients; Bulk density; Productivity; Soil degradation; Soil organic C; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003160338     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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