Soil quality response to long-term nutrient and crop management on a semi-arid Inceptisol

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 130-142

  Masto, Reginald Ebhin ^a   Chhonkar, Pramod K ^a   Singh, Dhyan ^a   Patra, Ashok K ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Farm yard manure; Long term fertilizer application; Maize wheat cropping system; Soil quality framework; Soil quality index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP ROTATION; DEGRADATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INCEPTISOL; MANURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VIGNA UNGUICULATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751163725     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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