Influence of forest tree species on reclamation of semiarid sodic soils

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-454

  Mishra, A ^a   Sharma, S D ^b  

^a Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology   (India)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Infiltration rate; Physico chemical properties; Reclamation; Sodic soil; Tree species

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BULK DENSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST SOIL; INFILTRATION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PLANTATION; POROSITY; RECLAIMED LAND; SAMPLING; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SODIC SOIL; SODIUM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL REMEDIATION;

INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

DALBERGIA; DALBERGIA SISSOO; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 78649489952     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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