Water-saving agriculture in China: An overview

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2002, Pages 135-171

  Wang, Huixiao ^a   Liu, Changming ^b   Zhang, Lu ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

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EID: 23044531791     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2113(02)75004-9     Document Type: Review

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