Assessment of aboriginal smallholder soils for rubber growth in Peninsular Malaysia

Soil Science

Volumn 170, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1034-1049

  Howell, Colleen J ^a   Schwabe, Kurt A ^a   Haji Abu Samah, Azizan ^b   Graham, Robert C ^a   Taib, Nur Iskandar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hevea; Malaysia; Orang Asli; Rubber; Smallholdings

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COVER CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER; FLOODING; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANTATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RUBBER; SLOPE; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

HEVEA;

EID: 33748682816     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000187346.30201.40     Document Type: Article

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