Ley farming—an alternate farming system for sustainability in the indian arid zone

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-210

  Rao, A V ^a   Singh, K C ^a   Gupta, J P ^a  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aridisols; Soil dehydrogenase; Soil fertility; Soil phosphatases; Soil processes; Vam spores

Indexed keywords

ARID ZONE; ARIDISOL; DEHYDROGENASE; LEY FARMING; PHOSPHATASE; SOIL FERTILITY;

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JODHPUR;

EID: 0030619286     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324989709381472     Document Type: Article

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