Organic amendments influence soil organic carbon pools and rice-wheat productivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 775-785

  Majumder, Bidisha ^a   Mandal, Biswapati ^b   Bandyopadhyay, P K ^b   Gangopadhyay, A ^a   Mani, P K ^b   Kundu, A L ^b   Mazumdar, D ^b  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROPS; MANURES; MICROORGANISMS;

SEQUESTRATION PATHWAYS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOIL SURVEYS;

BIOMASS; CROPS; MANURES; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL SURVEYS;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; MANURE; ORGANIC CARBON; RICE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; STRAW; WHEAT;

ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 43949121908     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0378     Document Type: Article

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