Effect of organic and inorganic nutrients for soil quality conservation and yield of rainfed low land rice in sub-tropical plateau region

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 192, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 331-343

  Banik, P ^a   Ghosal, P K ^a   Sasmal, T K ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a   Sarkar, B K ^a   Bagchi, D K ^a,b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Agronomic efficiency; Microbial biomass Carbon; Organic and inorganic nutrients; Phosphatase activity; Rice; Urease activity

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INORGANIC MATTER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC MATTER; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RICE; SOIL QUALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; YIELD RESPONSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33749016217     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2006.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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