Sustainable vegetable production in California: Current status, future prospects

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1015-1022

  Hartz, T K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036947783     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.7.1015     Document Type: Review

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