Zeolitic farming

Indian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-191

  Ramesh, Kulasekaran ^a   Biswas, Ashis K ^a   Patra, Ashok K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Ion exchange; Slow release nutrients; Soil amendment; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937569553     PISSN: 0537197X     EISSN: 09744460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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