The role of applications of rare earth elements in enhancement of crop and pasture production

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 315-317, Issue , 1999, Pages 339-347

  Buckingham, S ^c   Maheswaran, J ^a   Meehan, B ^b   Peverill, K ^a  

^a State Chemistry Laboratory (AMCOSH)   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth Enhancement; Lanthanum; Rare Earth Elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004517414     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/msf.315-317.339     Document Type: Article

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