Nutritional environment of tropical peat soils in Sarawak, Malaysia based on soil solution composition

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 833-843

  Funakawa, Shinya ^a   Yonebayashi, Koyo ^a   Shoon, Jong Foh ^a,b   Khun, Ernest Chai Oi ^a,c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sarawak Department of Agriculture   (Malaysia)

^c Sarawak Department of Forestry   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nutritional environment; Oligotrophic peat; Soil solution composition; Use potential of tropical peat land

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030470960     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1996.10416630     Document Type: Article

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