The effect of cultivation on organic carbon content in the clay mineral fraction of soils

International Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-223

  Ratnayake, R R ^a   Seneviratne, G ^a   Kulasooriya, S A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Clay fraction; Cultivated lands; Soil organic C; Soil tillage; Tropical forests

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; CULTIVATION; DECOMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; RUBBER; SILT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STABILIZATION; TILLAGE; TROPICAL FOREST;

SRI LANKA;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 79953871122     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijss.2011.217.223     Document Type: Article

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