Long-term tillage and crop sequence effects on wheat grain yield and quality

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1317-1327

  Amato, Gaetano ^a   Ruisi, Paolo ^a   Frenda, Alfonso S ^a   di Miceli, Giuseppe ^a   Saia, Sergio ^a   Plaia, Antonella ^a   Giambalvo, Dario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

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EID: 84881002448     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0019     Document Type: Article

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