Carbon sequestration in agroforestry and pasture systems in arid northwestern India

Current Science

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1290-1293

  Mangalassery, Shamsudheen ^a   Dayal, Devi ^a   Meena, S L ^b   Ram, Bhagirath ^c  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c ICAR DIRECTORATE OF RAPESEED MUSTARD RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Arid soils; Carbon sequestration; Grasses; Kachchh; Silvipasture

Indexed keywords

ACACIA TORTILIS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; CENCHRUS; CENCHRUS CILIARIS; POACEAE;

EID: 84908626107     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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