Changes in levels of carbon in soils over years of two important food production zones of India

Current Science

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1854-1863

  Bhattacharyya, T ^a   Chandran, P ^a   Ray, S K ^a   Pal, D K ^a   Venugopalan, M V ^a   Mandal, C ^a   Wani, S P ^b  

^a ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon; Food production zone; Soil

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149106389     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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