Organic amendments influence soil quality and carbon sequestration in the Indo-Gangetic plains of India

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 134-141

  Ghosh, Subhadip ^a,b   Wilson, Brian ^b   Ghoshal, Subrata ^c   Senapati, Nimai ^b   Mandal, Biswapati ^d  

^a National Parks Board   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Sugarcane Research Station   (India)

^d BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon pool; Farmyard manure; Green manure; Paddy straw; Soil organic carbon; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ORGANIC SOIL; RICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT;

GANGETIC PLAIN; INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84861950800     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2012.05.009     Document Type: Article

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