Micronutrient deficiencies in crops in Africa with emphasis on Southern Africa

Micronutrient Deficiencies in Global Crop Production

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 201-224

  Van Der Waals, Johan H ^a   Laker, Michiel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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