Effects of organic and chemical fertilizations and microbe inoculation on physiology and growth of sweet corn plants

Pedosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-236

  Wang, X J ^a   Xu, H L ^a   Wang, J H ^b   Umemura, H ^b  

^a CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

^b International Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beneficial microbes; Fertilization time; Organic farming; Zea mays l

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746779454     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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