Australian Soil and Plant Analysis Council soil and plant quality assurance programs and the impact of variability of test results on clients

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 777-784

  Rayment, G E ^a   Peverill, K I ^b   Shelley, B C ^b  

^a CRC for Sustainable Sugar Production ^*  (Australia)

^b Dept of Nat Resources and Energy   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032413936     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA97159     Document Type: Article

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