Soil Bacterial Diversity and Productivity of Coffee - Shade Tree Agro-ecosystems
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عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF TROPICAL SOILS
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2086-6682,0852-257X
DOI: 10.5400/jts.2012.v17i2.181-187