Artist canvas as a new standard for the cotton-strip assay

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-74

  Slocum, Matthew G ^a   Roberts, Joshua ^a   Mendelssohn, Irving A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose decomposition; Cotton tensile strength loss; Cotton strip assay; Shirley soil burial test fabric

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 64349111508     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: 15222624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jpln.200800179     Document Type: Article

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