Identification of nutritional status, emphasizing minerals, in northwestern Zaire

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 13-14, 1996, Pages 2699-2712

  Songonzoni, M G ^a   McDowell, L R ^a   Wilkinson, N S ^a   Harrison, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Department of Statistics ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; IMPERATA CYLINDRICA; STYLOSANTHES;

EID: 0029956775     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369733     Document Type: Article

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