Soil Microbial Activity and its Relation to Soil Indigenous Properties in Semi-arid Alluvial and Estuarine Soils of Mahi River Basin, Western India

International Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 224-237

  Subrahmanyam, Gangavarapu ^a   Archana, G ^a   Chamyal, L S ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Alluvial soils; Dehydrogenase; Estuarine soils; Protease; Specific enzyme activities

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CORRELATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; SEMIARID REGION; SILTY CLAY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; STRATIGRAPHY;

INDIA; MAHI RIVER;

EID: 79960338389     PISSN: 18164978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijss.2011.224.237     Document Type: Article

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