Effect of the endogeic earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on soil chemical characteristics and plant growth in a low-input tropical agroecosystem

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 801-810

  Pashanasi, B ^a   Lavelle, P ^b   Alegre, J ^a   Charpentier, F ^b  

^a WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGROECOSYSTEM; CROPPING PRACTICES; CROPPING SYSTEM; EARTHWORM; LOW INPUT FARMING; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; YIELD; YIELD RESPONSE;

PERU, YURIMAGUAS;

EID: 0030437403     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(96)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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