%0 Book Section %@ %A El-Swaify, S A %A Pathak, P %A Rego, T J %A Singh, S %B Advance in Soil Science %C New York, USA %D 1985 %F icrisat:3583 %I Springer-Verlag New York Inc. %P 1-64 %T Soil management for optimized productivity under rainfed conditions in the semi-arid tropics %U http://oar.icrisat.org/3583/ %V 1 %X The characteristics and management of Vertisols and Alfisols of the semi-arid tropics are discussed