Cynodon dactylon: An efficient perennial grass to revegetate sodic lands

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-38

  Singh, Kripal ^a,b   Pandey, Vimal Chandra ^b   Singh, Rana P ^b  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cynodon dactylon; Enzyme activities; Microbial quotient, Rhizosphere sodic soils

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; BULK SOILS; CARBON-NITROGEN RATIO; CYNODON DACTYLON; DACTYLON; ECOLOGICAL SUITABILITY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; IMPORTANT VALUE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBON; MICROBIAL QUOTIENT; NON RHIZOSPHERES; NON-RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; PERENNIAL GRASS; RHIZOSPHERE SOILS; SEMI ARID; SODIC SOIL; SODICITY; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOIL NUTRIENTS; SOIL PH; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL SODICITY; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; TOTAL NITROGEN; VEGETATION ANALYSIS; VEGETATION ESTABLISHMENTS; VISUAL OBSERVATIONS;

CARBON; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORINE; PHOSPHATASES; SODIUM; VEGETATION;

SOILS;

BIOACTIVITY; BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRASS; LAND DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PH; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; RHIZOSPHERE; SEMIARID REGION; SODIC SOIL; SODIUM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TOLERANCE;

EID: 84874369945     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.01.007     Document Type: Article

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