Importance and Effect of Nitrogen on Crop Quality and Health

Nitrogen in the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 51-70

  Blumenthal, Jürg M ^a   Baltensperger, David D ^a   Cassman, Kenneth G ^b   Mason, Stephen C ^b   Pavlista, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374347-3.00003-2     Document Type: Chapter

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