Soil and rainfall factors influencing yields of a dryland cropping system in Colorado

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1179-1192

  Sherrod, Lucretia A ^a   Ahuja, Lajpat R ^a   Hansen, Neil C ^b   Ascough II, James C ^a   Westfall, Dwayne G ^b   Peterson, Gary A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

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EID: 84903152602     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj13.0520     Document Type: Article

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