Conservation Agriculture practices reduce the global warming potential of rainfed low N input semi-arid agriculture
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Agronomy
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1161-0301
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2016.12.013