Vegetable and Corn Yields in the United States, 1900-Present

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1080-1082

  Tiefenthaler, A E ^a   Goldman, I L ^a   Tracy, W F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0345447622     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.6.1080     Document Type: Review

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