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Book Title: Soil Organic Matter and Feeding the Future : Environmental and Agronomic Impacts
Author: R. Lal
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Agriculture / General
Publisher: CRC Press LLC
Publication Year: 2022
Genre: Technology & Engineering
Number of Pages: 414 Pages