Ethnopedology and soil quality of bamboo (Bambusa sp.) based agroforestry system

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 521-522, Issue , 2015, Pages 372-379

  Arun Jyoti, Nath ^a,b   Lal, Rattan ^a   Das, Ashesh Kumar ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agroforestry systems; Bamboo productivity; Folk soil type; Local knowledge; Soil quality index

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BAMBOO; FORESTRY; LAND USE; ORGANIC CARBON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTIVITY; SAND;

AGROFORESTRY SYSTEM; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE; MULTIPLE CORRELATION; PRODUCTIVITY ASSESSMENT; SOIL QUALITY INDEX; SOIL QUALITY PARAMETERS; SOIL TYPES; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL;

AGROFORESTRY; BAMBOO; PEDOLOGY; RED SOIL; SANDY SOIL; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TYPE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; AGROFORESTRY; ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; BLACK SOIL; BULK DENSITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; ETHNOPEDOLOGY; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED SOIL; ROOTING DEPTH; SANDY SOIL; SOIL; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL QUALITY INDEX; STONY SOIL; WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; AGRICULTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORESTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PROCEDURES;

INDIA;

BAMBUSA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

AGRICULTURE; BAMBUSA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; SOIL;

EID: 84926442551     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.059     Document Type: Article

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