Manioc peel and charcoal : a potential organic amendment for sustainable soil 1 fertility in the tropics 2 3 4
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Manioc peel and charcoal: a potential organic amendment for sustainable soil 1 fertility in the tropics 2 3 4 Stéphanie Topoliantz, Jean-François Ponge, Sylvain Ballof 5 6 7 Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS UMR 5176, 4 avenue du Petit-Château, 8 91800 Brunoy, France 9 Office National des Forêts, BP 9, 97370 Maripasoula, Guyane française 10 11 Corresponding author: Jean-François Ponge, tel. +33 1 60479213, fax +33 1 12 60465009; E-mail: [email protected] 13 14 15
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