Alternative configurations of agronomic experimentation

Contested Agronomy: Agricultural Research in a Changing World

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 131-145

  Maat, Harro ^a   Glover, Dominic ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84890530625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203125434     Document Type: Chapter

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