Synchronizing nitrogen availability through application of organic inputs of varying resource quality in a tropical dryland agroecosystem

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 164-175

  Singh, Sonu ^a   Ghoshal, Nandita ^a   Singh, K P ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Available N; Dryland agroecosystem; Mixed input; N mineralization rate; Soil microbial biomass N

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM; SESBANIA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247857612     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.01.007     Document Type: Article

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