Improving fertility and productivity of a highly-weathered upland soil in subtropical China by incorporating rice straw

Plant and Soil

Volumn 331, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 427-437

  Zhu, Hanhua ^a   Wu, Jinshui ^a   Huang, Daoyou ^a   Zhu, Qihong ^a   Liu, Shoulong ^a   Su, Yirong ^a   Wei, Wenxue ^a   Syers, J Keith ^b   Li, Yong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NARESUAN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Highly weathered soil; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Rice straw incorporation; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; METHANE; PADDY FIELD; PHOSPHORUS; POROSITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STRAW; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VINE;

CHINA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 77952419884     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0263-z     Document Type: Article

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