Accounting for spatial variability in field experiments on tea

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-557

  Peiris, T U S ^a   Samita, S ^b   Veronica, W H D ^a,b  

^a TEA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

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EID: 53549118281     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479708006698     Document Type: Article

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