Water-extractable carbon pools and microbial biomass carbon in sodic water-irrigated soils amended with gypsum and organic manures

Pedosphere

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-97

  Choudhary, O P ^a   Gill, J K ^b   Bijay Singh, ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cold water; Exchangeable sodium percentage; Hot water; Organic carbon; Yield

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COLD WATER; CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; GYPSUM; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MANURE; RICE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84871681926     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(12)60083-6     Document Type: Article

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