The rice soils of Cambodia. I. Soil classification for agronomists using the Cambodian Agronomic Soil Classification system

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 12-19

  White, P ^b,c   Dobermann, A ^c   Oberthur T ^a,c   Ros, C ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Cambodia IRRI Australia Project   (Cambodia)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^d Ministry of Agriculture   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Rice soils; Soil classification; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; RICE; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 0034005952     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2000.tb00164.x     Document Type: Article

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