A new index to assess soil quality and sustainability of wheat-based cropping systems

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 389-398

  Kang, G S ^a   Beri, V ^a   Sidhu, B S ^a   Rupela, O P ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Corn wheat system; Rice wheat system; Soil quality; Sustainability index

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23844520252     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-005-0857-4     Document Type: Article

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