Evaluation of forest and fruit trees used for rehabilitation of semiarid alkali-sodic soils in India

Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-133

  Dagar, J C ^a   Singh, G ^a   Singh, N T ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Auger hole; Bioamelioration; Biomass; Forest site preparation; Gypsum; Kankar pan; Soil amendments; Water stagnation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844479791     PISSN: 08903069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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