Relationships between important soil variables in moderately acidic soils (pH ≥5.5) in the highlands of Papua New Guinea and management implications for subsistence farmers

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-291

  Bailey, J S ^a   Ramakrishna, A ^a   Kirchhof, G ^b  

^a National Agricultural Research Institute   (Papua New Guinea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allophane; Charcoal; Effective cation exchange capacity; Liming; Papua New Guinean highlands; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLOPHANE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; ION EXCHANGE; POTATO; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; UPLAND REGION;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 50249143532     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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