Soil properties under Acacia nilotica trees in a traditional agroforestry system in central India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-61

  Pandey, C B ^a   Singh, A K ^a   Sharma, D K ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

C:N ratio; C:P ratio; Dispersed trees; N mineralization; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE;

INDIA;

EID: 0034060167     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006314411454     Document Type: Article

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