Viability of weed seeds following manure windrow composting

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-53

  Eghball, Bahman ^a   Lesoing, Gary W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0002056266     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2000.10701749     Document Type: Article

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