Long-term effect of nutrient management on soil fertility and soil organic carbon pools under a 6-year-old pearl millet-wheat cropping system in an Inceptisol of subtropical India

Field Crops Research

Volumn 136, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-41

  Moharana, P C ^a   Sharma, B M ^a   Biswas, D R ^a   Dwivedi, B S ^a   Singh, R V ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon management index; Nutrient management; Pearl millet wheat cropping system; Soil fertility; Soil organic carbon pools

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; INCEPTISOL; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; MILLET; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; WHEAT;

INDIA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84864800711     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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