Soil Quality Effect of Conservation Practices in Maize–Rapeseed Cropping System in Eastern Himalaya

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1862-1874

  Das, Anup ^a,d   Ghosh, Probir Kumar ^b   Lal, Rattan ^a   Saha, Ritesh ^c   Ngachan, Shishomvanao ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN GRASSLAND AND FODDER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

^d ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

aggregation; conservation agriculture; eastern Himalayas; hill ecosystem; mulching; productivity; ragweed mulch; rainfed; soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; COPYRIGHTS; FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MANURES; OILSEEDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOILS;

CONSERVATION AGRICULTURES; HIMALAYAS; MULCHING; RAGWEED MULCH; RAINFED; SOIL QUALITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA ARTEMISIIFOLIA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85027557149     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2325     Document Type: Article

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