Toposequential variation in soil fertility and rice productivity of rainfed lowland paddy fields in mini-watershed (Nong) in Northeast Thailand

Plant Production Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Homma, Koki ^a   Horie, Takeshi ^a   Shiraiwa, Tatsuhiko ^a   Supapoj, Nopporn ^b   Matsumoto, Naruo ^c   Kabaki, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ubon Rice Research Center   (Thailand)

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clay; Farmer's management; Northeast Thailand; Rainfed rice; Soil fertility; Soil organic carbon; Toposequence

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037804681     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.6.147     Document Type: Article

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