Utilization of composted sugar industry waste (pressmud) to improve properties of sodic soil for rice cultivation

Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 212-217

  Seth, Rashi ^a   Chandra, R ^a   Kumar, Narendra ^a   Tyagi, A K ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Composts; Rice; Sodic soil; Soil properties; Sulphitation pressmud

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; RICE; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; CARBOHYDRATES; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL;

EID: 33644910186     PISSN: 0367827X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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