Biochar application to soil

Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 207-226

  Blackwell, Paul ^a   Riethmuller, Glen ^a   Collins, Mike ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Okura Plantations   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84925710860     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770552     Document Type: Chapter

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