Leguminous trees for the rehabilitation of sodic wasteland in northern India

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-287

  Garg, V K ^a  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; LEGUME; NUTRIENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SODIC SOIL;

INDIA;

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 0033372312     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.1999.72021.x     Document Type: Article

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