Soil chemical and physical properties as indicators of sustainable land management under sugar cane in Papua New Guinea

Geoderma

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-306

  Hartemink, Alfred E ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

Acidification; Compaction; Fluvi sols; Indicators; Infiltration; Soil fertility decline; Sugar cane; Sustainability; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 0031684449     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00048-2     Document Type: Article

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