Contour grass strips and tillage affect corn production on Philippine steepland oxisols

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 98-105

  Thapa, B B ^a   Garrity, D P ^b   Cassel, D K ^a   Mercado, A R ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c International Center for Research in Agroforestry   (Philippines)

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EID: 0034066292     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.92198x     Document Type: Article

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