Fertilization effects on yield sustainability and soil properties under irrigated wheat-soybean rotation of an Indian Himalayan upper valley

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-268

  Bhattacharyya, Ranjan ^a,d   Pandey, S C ^a   Chandra, S ^c   Kundu, S ^b   Saha, Supradip ^a   Mina, B L ^a   Srivastva, A K ^a   Gupta, H S ^a  

^a VIVEKANANDA INSTITUTE OF HILL AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^c G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benefit:cost ratio; Farmyard manure + mineral fertilization; Infiltration characteristics; Soil organic C; Wheat soybean system; Yield trend and sustainability

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOYBEAN; WHEAT;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77952668376     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-009-9290-7     Document Type: Article

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