Effects of tillage and biomass on soil quality and productivity of lowland rice cultivation by small scale farmers in North Eastern India

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 143, Issue , 2014, Pages 50-58

  Das, Anup ^a,b   Lal, R ^a   Patel, D P ^c   Idapuganti, R G ^b   Layek, Jayanta ^b   Ngachan, S V ^b   Ghosh, P K ^d   Bordoloi, Jurisandhya ^b   Kumar, Manoj ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

^c ICAR NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ABIOTIC STRESS MANAGEMENT   (India)

^d INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Hill ecosystem; Net return per dollar; Nutrient recycling; Resource conservation; Soil organic carbon; Weed biomass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOMASS; CONSERVATION; CULTIVATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; NET RETURN; NUTRIENT RECYCLING; RESOURCE CONSERVATION; RICE (ORYZA SATIVA L.); SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS CARBONS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

STABILIZATION;

BIOMASS; BULK DENSITY; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; RICE; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE;

INDIA;

EID: 84902332087     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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