Soil processes and residue harvest management

Soil Quality and Biofuel Production

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-44

  Johnson, Jane M F ^a   Papiernik, Sharon K ^a   Mikha, Maysoon M ^a   Spokas, Kurt A ^a   Tomer, Mark D ^a   Weyers, Sharon L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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