Biochar application in a tropical, agricultural region: A plot scale study in Tamil Nadu, India

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Mankasingh, Utra ^a,b   Choi, Poon Chung ^a   Ragnarsdottir, Vala ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; APPLICATION RATES; BIOCHAR; BIOMASS FEEDSTOCK; BIOMASS MATERIALS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; RICE HUSK; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL FERTILITY; TAMIL NADU;

FEEDSTOCKS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; CHARCOAL; GEOACCUMULATION; LEAF; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STEM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; TIRUNELVELI;

EID: 79955951013     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.03.108     Document Type: Article

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