Should Soil Testing Services Measure Soil Biological Activity?

Agricultural and Environmental Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-5

  Franzluebbers, Alan J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84991588905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24719625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/ael2015.11.0009     Document Type: Letter

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