%C New York, USA %A S A El-Swaify %A P Pathak %A T J Rego %A S Singh %I Springer-Verlag New York Inc. %V 1 %B Advance in Soil Science %L icrisat3583 %J Advances in soil sciences %P 1-64 %D 1985 %X The characteristics and management of Vertisols and Alfisols of the semi-arid tropics are discussed %T Soil management for optimized productivity under rainfed conditions in the semi-arid tropics