Labile soil organic carbon, soil fertility, and crop productivity as influenced by manure and mineral fertilizers in the tropics

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 715-726

  Prasad Datta, Siba ^a   Kumar Rattan, Raj ^a   Chandra, Suresh ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Crop productivity; Extractable major and micronutrients; Soil organic carbon pools; Soybean wheat

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78650476368     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200900010     Document Type: Article

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