Changes in soil properties and microbial indices across various management sites in the mountain environments of Azad Jammu and Kashmir

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 768-782

  Abbasi, M Kaleem ^a   Zafar, Mohsin ^a   Sultan, Tarique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Land degradation; Microbial activity; Micronutrients; Soil properties; Soil quality; Soil type

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ARABLE LAND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; LAND COVER; LAND DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL TYPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

AZAD KASHMIR; HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 77950896171     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103620903565985     Document Type: Article

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