Influence of changed management of sugarcane on some soil chemical properties in the humid wet tropics of north Queensland

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1133-1144

  Noble, A D ^a,b,c   Moody, P ^d   Berthelsen, S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production ^*  (Australia)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d QLD Dept Nat Resources and Mines ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP MANAGEMENT;

COMBUSTION; CROPS; DEGRADATION; ION EXCHANGE; LEACHING; PH; PROTONS; SUGAR CANE;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SUGAR CANE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ARUNDINARIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0344530940     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR02158     Document Type: Article

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