Contribution of Jatropha curcas to soil quality improvement in a degraded Indian entisol

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Ogunwole, J O ^a,b   Chaudhary, D R ^a   Ghosh, A ^a   Daudu, C K ^b   Chikara, J ^a   Patolia, J S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SALT AND MARINE CHEMICALS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Carbon sequestration; Soil quality; Soil rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

JATROPHA; JATROPHA CURCAS;

EID: 50049105845     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710701628925     Document Type: Article

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