Impacts of conservation agriculture on soil aggregation and aggregate-associated N under an irrigated agroecosystem of the Indo-Gangetic Plains

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 96, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 185-202

  Bhattacharyya, Ranjan ^a   Das, T K ^a   Pramanik, P ^a   Ganeshan, V ^a   Saad, A A ^a   Sharma, A R ^b  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b National Research Centre for Weed Science India   (India)

Author keywords

Aggregate associated N; Aggregate stability; Conservation agriculture; Indo Gangetic Plains; Total N storage; Wheat based cropping

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COTTON; CROP RESIDUE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MACROAGGREGATE; MAIZE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL AGGREGATE; TILLAGE; WHEAT;

GANGETIC PLAIN;

EID: 84886031174     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-013-9585-6     Document Type: Article

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