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Formation and Management of Cracking Clay Soils (Vertisols) to Enhance Crop Productivity

author(s) Pal, D K - Bhattacharyya, T - Wani, S P
from International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
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themes
regions
  • Southern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Oceania
citation

Pal, D K and Bhattacharyya, T and Wani, S P (2012) Formation and Management of Cracking Clay Soils (Vertisols) to Enhance Crop Productivity. In: World Soil Resources and Food Security. Advances in Soil Science, 574 . CRC Press , Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 317-343. ISBN 978-1-4398-4451-9

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Abstract

Cracking clay soils (Vertisols and their intergrades) (Soil Survey Staff 2006) are important natural resources in a wide range of climatic zones, from humid tropical to arid dry areas of the world (Ahmad 1996). The natural vegetation of these areas is dry deciduous forest. However, most of the soils are now under cultivation. Soils of these climates have a significant role in the agricultural resource inventory of countries such as Australia, India, the Caribbean Islands,

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