A novel digestion technique for multi-element plant analysis

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1983, Pages 239-248

  Novozamsky, I ^a   Houba, V J G ^a   van Eck, R ^a   van Vark, W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

nutrient elements; Plant digestion; wet oxidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0021054759     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103628309367359     Document Type: Article

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