Soil colour designation using Adobe Photoshop™ in estimating soil fertility restoration by Acacia auriculiformis plantation on degraded land

Current Science

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1604-1609

  Doi, R ^a   Ranamukhaarachchi, S L ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acacia auriculiformis; Land degradation and rehabilitation; Multivariate soil profiling; Soil colour

Indexed keywords

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS;

EID: 34347232257     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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