Soil Organic Carbon Build-up and Dynamics in Rice-Rice Cropping Systems

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-27

  Ramesh, K ^a,b   Chandrasekaran, B ^b  

^a Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College   (India)

^b TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fulvic acid; Humic Acid; Rice based cropping system; Sespania rostrata; Soil organic carbon; Soil organic matter fractions

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; FARMING SYSTEM; RICE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

SESBANIA; SESBANIA ROSTRATA;

EID: 1142281823     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0931-2250.2003.00069.x     Document Type: Article

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