Fundamentals of experimental design: Guidelines for designing successful experiments

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 692-705

  Casler, Michael D ^a  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84923629328     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0114     Document Type: Article

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