Comparative effectiveness of cattle manure, poultry manure, phosphocompost and fertilizer-NPK on three cropping systems in vertisols of semi-arid tropics. II. Dry matter yield, nodulation, chlorophyll content and enzyme activity

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-93

  Ghosh, P K ^a   Ajay, ^a   Bandyopadhyay, K K ^a   Manna, M C ^a   Mandal, K G ^a   Misra, A K ^a   Hati, K M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle manure; Chlorophyll; Cropping systems; Enzyme activity; Nodulation; Phosphocompost; Poultry manure; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS; ENZYMES; FERTILIZERS;

CATTLE MANURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

MANURES;

CHLOROPHYLL; NITRATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMPOST; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INDIA; INTERCROPPING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANURE; NODULATION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; VERTISOL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHLOROPHYLL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENZYMES; FERTILIZERS; INDIA; MANURE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; NITRATE REDUCTASES; PLANT ROOTS; POULTRY; RAIN; SOIL; SORGHUM; SOYBEANS; TRITICUM;

BOS TAURUS; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 2942643913     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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