Soil fertility under homegarden trees and native moist evergreen forest in South Andaman, India

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-318

  Pandey, C B ^a   Singh, Lalita ^a  

^a CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Exchangeable cations; Nutrient pool size; Soil depth; Soil texture; Tree canopy positions

Indexed keywords

COCOS NUCIFERA; MYRISTICA FRAGRANS; SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM;

EID: 71049127439     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440040802508245     Document Type: Article

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