Potassium dynamics in three alluvial soils differing in clay contents

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-44

  Wakeel, Abdul ^a,b   Gul, Mehreen ^a   Sanaullah, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alluvial soils; Clay; Electro ultra filtration; K+ dynamics; K+ fixing soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872842005     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v25i1.15395     Document Type: Article

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