Restoration of sodic soils involving chemical and biological amendments and phytoremediation by Eucalyptus camaldulensis in a semiarid region

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 575-586

  Seenivasan, R ^a   Prasath, V ^a   Mohanraj, R ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ecosystem health; Saline soil reclamation; Soil enzyme; Soil microbes; Soil micronutrients

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PHYTOREMEDIATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TRACE ELEMENT;

INDIA;

EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; SESBANIA ROSTRATA;

CALCIUM SULFATE; SODIUM; SOIL;

BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; EUCALYPTUS; INDIA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; SESBANIA; SOIL;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CALCIUM SULFATE; EUCALYPTUS; INDIA; SALINITY; SESBANIA; SODIUM; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84929960771     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: 15732983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9674-8     Document Type: Article

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