Sustainable Crop Production Through Management of Soil Organic Carbon in Semiarid and Tropical India

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 85-114

  Manna, M C ^a   Ghosh, P K ^a   Acharya, C L ^b  

^a Division of Soil Physics   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Alternate land use management; Carbon sequestration; Carbon stocks; Crop rotation; Cropping system; Semiarid and tropical environments; Shifting cultivation; Soil organic carbon storage in degraded land; Soil organic matter; Soil quality; Soil type; Tillage

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROPPING PRACTICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

INDIA;

EID: 85025329046     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J064v21n03_07     Document Type: Article

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