Decomposition of surface crop residues in long-term studies of dryland agroecosystems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 401-409

  Ma, Liwang ^a   Peterson, Gary A ^c   Ahuja, Lajpat R ^a   Sherrod, Lucretia ^b   Shaffer, Marvin J ^a   Rojas, Kenneth W ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032804017     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.00021962009100030008x     Document Type: Article

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