Effect of land rehabilitation on physicochemical and microbial properties of a sodic soil

Catena

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-57

  Singh, Kripal ^a,c   Singh, Bajrang ^a   Singh, R R ^b  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Microbial biomass; Physicochemical properties; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOMASS; CLIMATIC REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGUS; LAND MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SODIC SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84878777053     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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