Sodic soil reclamation potential of Jatropha curcas: A long-term study

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue , 2013, Pages 434-440

  Singh, Kripal ^a,b   Singh, Bajrang ^a   Tuli, Rakesh ^c  

^a CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b BABASAHEB BHIMRAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL AGRI FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Enzyme activities; Microbial biomass; Prosopis juliflora; Sodic soils

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICALLY VIABLE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXCHANGEABLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; SODIC SOIL; SOIL AMELIORATION; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

BIOMASS; CROPS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; SEED;

SOILS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS POWER; BULK DENSITY; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAND DEGRADATION; LAND RECLAMATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; SEED; SODIC SOIL; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY;

EID: 84882753790     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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