Soil characteristics under cash crop farming in upland areas of Sarawak, Malaysia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 293-301

  Tanaka, Sota ^a   Tachibe, Sayaka ^b   Wasli, Mohd Effendi Bin ^a   Lat, Jonathan ^c   Seman, Logie ^c   Kendawang, Joseph Jawa ^c   Iwasaki, Kozo ^b   Sakurai, Katsutoshi ^b  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Forest Department Sarawak   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Black pepper; Oil palm; Para rubber; Sarawak; Soil fertility; Upland farming

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; CASH CROPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERCROPPING; RUBBER; SECONDARY FOREST; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; UPLAND REGION;

ASIA; EAST MALAYSIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS; HEVEA BRASILIENSIS; PIPER NIGRUM;

EID: 56449122681     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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