Crop rotation impact on soil quality

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 949-960

  Aziz, I ^a   Ashraf, M ^c   Mahmood, T ^a   Islam, K R ^b  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOIL DRAINAGE RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955448448     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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