Influence of farmyard manure, inorganic fertilizers and weed control practices on some soil physical properties in a long-term experiment

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-54

  Benbi, D K ^a   Biswas, C R ^a   Bawa, S S ^a   Kumar, K ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGGREGATION; BULK DENSITY; FARMYARD MANURE; INFILTRATION RATE; INORGANIC FERTILIZER; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WATER RETENTION; WEED CONTROL;

EID: 0031884474     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.1998.tb00610.x     Document Type: Article

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