Changes in soil physical properties and organic carbon status at the topsoil horizon of a vertisol of central India after 28 years of continuous cropping, fertilization and manuring

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Hati, Kuntal M ^a   Swarup, Anand ^b   Dwivedi, A K ^c   Misra, A K ^a   Bandyopadhyay, K K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^b CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Bulk density; Long term fertilizer experiment; Porosity; Soybean wheat fodder maize rotation; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONTINUOUS CROPPING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; MANURE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOYBEAN; TOPSOIL; VERTISOL; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JABALPUR; MADHYA PRADESH; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33845579318     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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