The Magruder plots: Untangling the puzzle

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1191-1198

  Girma, Kefyalew ^a   Holtz, Starr L ^a   Arnall, Daryl B ^a   Tubaña, Brenda S ^a   Raun, William R ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENTS; WEED CONTROL;

MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; WHEAT PRODUCTION; YIELD STABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BOS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 36448937575     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0008     Document Type: Review

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