Ecological restoration of degraded sodic lands through afforestation and cropping

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-80

  Singh, Kripal ^a   Pandey, Vimal Chandra ^b   Singh, Bajrang ^a   Singh, R R ^c  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Cropping; Enzyme activities; Sodic soils; Soil microbial biomass

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AVAILABLE NITROGEN; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BULK DENSITY; CONTROL SITES; CROPPING; CROPPING SYSTEMS; DEGRADED SITES; ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES; EXCHANGEABLE CATION; FOREST LAND; GLUCOSIDASE; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE TYPE; MICROBIAL COUNT; MICROBIAL QUOTIENT; MULTIPLE TREES; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIC SOIL; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS; SOIL PH; SOIL PROPERTY; TOTAL NITROGEN; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

BIOMASS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAND USE; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORUS; RESTORATION; SODIUM; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

AFFORESTATION; BIOMASS; CROPPING PRACTICE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND USE CHANGE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SODIC SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 84862777486     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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