Soil health management under hill agroecosystem of North East India

Applied and Environmental Soil Science

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Saha, R ^a   Chaudhary, R S ^a   Somasundaram, J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 84873833635     PISSN: 16877667     EISSN: 16877675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/696174     Document Type: Review

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