Organic vegetable production in California - Science and practice

HortTechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 699-713

  Gaskell, M ^a   Fouche, B ^a   Koike, S ^a   Lanini, T ^a   Mitchell, J ^a   Smith, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative agriculture; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033791091     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.4.699     Document Type: Review

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