relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/5681/
title: Carbon Status of Indian Soils : An Overview
creator: Bhattacharyya, T
creator: Pal, D K
creator: Chandran, P
creator: Ray, S K
creator: Mandal, C
creator: Wani, S P
creator: Sahrawat, K L
subject: Soil Science
description: Restoration of soil health through soil organic carbon  (SOC) management is a major concern for tropical  soils. The accelerated decomposition of SOC due to  agriculture, resulting in loss of carbon to the  atmosphere and its contribution to the green house  effect, is a serious global problem. The contribution  of SOC to improving soil physical, chemical and  biological properties and maintaining soils integrity  for sustaining soil productivity is well known.  Important factors controlling............
publisher: Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
date: 2011
type: Book Section
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/5681/1/Carbon-status_of_%20Indian_Soil_11-30_2011.pdf
identifier:   Bhattacharyya, T and Pal, D K and Chandran, P and Ray, S K and Mandal, C and Wani, S P and Sahrawat, K L  (2011) Carbon Status of Indian Soils : An Overview.   In:  Soil Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security.   Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad, India, pp. 11-30.  ISBN 978-93-80883-08-3