Soil health indicators as affected by long-term application of farm manure and cropping patterns under semi-arid climates

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 242-250

  Iqbal, Muhammad ^a   van Es, Harold M ^b   Anwar ul Hassan, ^a   Schindelbeck, R R ^b   Moebius Clune, Bianca N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Available water capacity; Cropping pattern; Farm manure; Soil health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897603237     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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