Irrigation in soilless production

Soilless Culture: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 117-156

  Lieth, J Heinrich ^a   Oki, Lorence R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84863896206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452975-6.50006-X     Document Type: Chapter

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