Evaluation of Mehlich III as an extractant for available soil sulfur

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 28, Issue 13-14, 1997, Pages 1033-1046

  Rao, T Nagendra ^a   Sharma, Pritam K ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSK HIMACHAL PRADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; EXTRACTION METHOD; SOIL MEASUREMENT; SULPHUR;

EID: 0030924567     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629709369853     Document Type: Article

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