Distribution of potassium fractions in relation to landforms in a Himalayan catena

Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-476

  Sharma, B ^a   Mukhopadhyay, S ^a   Sawhney, J ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Himalayas; Landforms; Potassium forms; Potassium in topo sequences; Potassium profile distribution; Punjab; Soils

Indexed keywords

MICAS;

EID: 33745940382     PISSN: 03650340     EISSN: 14763567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03650340600743717     Document Type: Article

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