Soil physical quality as influenced by long-term application of fertilizers and manure under maize-wheat system

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 128-136

  Chakraborty, Debashis ^a   Garg, R N ^a   Tomar, R K ^a   Dwivedi, B S ^a   Aggarwal, P ^a   Singh, Ravender ^a   Behera, U K ^a   Thangasamy, A ^a   Singh, Dhyan ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Long term experiment; Organic carbon; Physical quality index; Pore size distribution; Soil aggregation

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MAIZE; MANURE; ORGANIC CARBON; SANDY LOAM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77949966301     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181d53bd7     Document Type: Article

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