Bell pepper yield and soil properties during conversion from conventional to organic production in Indian Himalayas

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-345

  Gopinath, K A ^b   Saha, Supradip ^a   Mina, B L ^a   Pande, Harit ^a   Srivastva, A K ^a   Gupta, H S ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Economics; Organic conversion; Organic farming; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIOFERTILIZER; BULK DENSITY; COMPOST; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC FARMING; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPSICUM ANNUUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 68549128502     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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