Restoring soil fertility and enhancing productivity in Indian tea plantations with earthworms and organic fertilizers
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1. School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Orissa, India, e-mail: [email protected]; 2. Laboratoire d’Ecologie des Sols Tropicaux, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Bondy, France; 3. Parry Agro-Industries Ltd., Iyerpady, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India; 4. State Pollution Control Board, Bhubaneswar, Orissa India; 5. Departamento de Biología de Suelos, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Xalapa, Mexico.
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