Banded wetting agent and compaction improve barley production on a water-repellent sand

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-467

  Crabtree, William L ^a   Gilkes, Robert J ^b  

^a Western Australian No Tillage Farmers Association   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0032804018     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.00021962009100030017x     Document Type: Article

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