Policy implications of ranking distributions of nitrate runoff and leaching from corn production by region and soil productivity

Journal of Production Agriculture

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 477-483

  Boisvert, Richard N ^a   Regmi, Anita ^b   Schmit, Todd M ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b Washington DC   (United States)

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EID: 0030808534     PISSN: 08908524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jpa1997.0477     Document Type: Article

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