The Study of Frost Occurrence in Free State Province of South Africa

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2016, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Moeletsi, Mokhele Edmond ^a,b   Tongwane, Mphethe ^a   Tsubo, Mitsuru ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

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EID: 84988971504     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2016/9586150     Document Type: Article

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