Ethnopedology and soil properties in bamboo (Bambusa sp.) based agroforestry system in North East India

Catena

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 92-99

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

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASSAM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Farmers' knowledge; Nutrient conservation; Soil taxonomy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AGROFORESTRY; BAMBOO; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PEDOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; ROOT SYSTEM; RURAL POPULATION; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE; STAND STRUCTURE; TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURE;

BARAK VALLEY; INDIA;

BAMBUSA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA;

EID: 84938153418     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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