Monitoring nitrogen status of corn with a portable chlorophyll meter

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 545-560

  Waskom, R M ^a   Westfall, D G ^a   Spellman, D E ^a   Soltanpour, P N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

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EID: 0000363394     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369576     Document Type: Article

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