The N-P-K soil nutrient balance of Portuguese cropland in the 1950s: The transition from organic to chemical fertilization

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Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Carmo, Miguel ^a,c   García Ruiz, Roberto ^b   Ferreira, Maria Isabel ^a   Domingos, Tiago ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 85027440097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-08118-3     Document Type: Article

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