Available pool and mineralization rate of soil N in a dryland agroecosystem: Effect of organic soil amendment and chemical fertilizer

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 363-366

  Ghoshal, Nandita ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NITROGEN;

EID: 0038062720     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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