Total and labile pools of soil organic carbon in cultivated and undisturbed soils in northern India

Geoderma

Volumn 237, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-158

  Benbi, Dinesh K ^a   Brar, Kiranvir ^a   Toor, Amardeep S ^a   Singh, Pritpal ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

C sequestration; Dehydrogenase activity; Labile C fractions; Mineralizable C; Soil C pools; Soil organic C; Water soluble C

Indexed keywords

C SEQUESTRATION; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; LABILE C FRACTIONS; MINERALIZABLE C; SOIL ORGANIC C; WATERSOLUBLE;

AGROFORESTRY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP PLANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY;

INDIA;

EID: 84907487251     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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