Soil saturation extract composition and sulfate solubility in a tropical semiarid soil

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1133-1139

  Agbenin, John O ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; POSITIVE IONS; SOILS; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTIONS;

SOIL SOLUTION;

SOIL TESTING;

NUTRIENT; SATURATION; SEMIARID REGION; SULFATE;

EID: 0041629019     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2003.1133     Document Type: Article

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