Effect of green manure and floodwater algae on diurnal fluctuations of floodwater pH and depth of aerobic soil layer under lowland rice conditions

Plant and Soil

Volumn 192, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-165

  Thind, H S ^a,b   Rowell, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aerobic layer; Floodwater algae; Floodwater pH; Green manure; Lowland rice

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC SOIL; ALGAE; FLOODWATER; GREEN MANURE; LOWLAND; RICE; SOIL PH;

EID: 0030866578     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004236811955     Document Type: Article

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