Soil Organic Carbon, Phosphorous, and Potassium Status in Rice-Wheat Soils of Different Agro-climatic Zones in Indo-Gangetic Plains of India

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1449-1467

  Sharma, B D ^a   Sidhu, G S ^b   Sarkar, D ^b   Kukal, S S ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ICAR NATIONAL BUREAU OF SOIL SURVEY AND LAND USE PLANNING   (India)

Author keywords

Agro climatic zones; available phosphorous; available potassium; Indo Gangetic Plains; macronutrients; organic carbon; rice wheat system

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GROWING SEASON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; RICE; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84861443523     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.670341     Document Type: Article

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