Long-term effects of crop residues and fertility management on carbon sequestration and agronomic productivity of groundnut-finger millet rotation on an Alfisol in southern India

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-244

  Srinivasarao, Cherukumalli ^a   Venkateswarlu, Bandi ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b   Singh, Anil Kumar ^c   Kundu, Sumanta ^a   Vittal, Kanuparthy Pandu Ranga ^d   Ramachandrappa, Basavapura Kogganur ^e   Gajanan, Ganjigunte Narayanaiyer ^e  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon inputs; Carbon sequestration; Groundnut finger millet rotation; Semi arid tropics; Sustainable yield index

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ALFISOL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP RESIDUE; CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; GROUNDNUT; MANURE; MILLET; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC SOIL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY;

INDIA;

ARACHIS; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ELEUSINE CORACANA;

EID: 84865392305     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2012.662392     Document Type: Article

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