Barbour, Bruce (author), Govindasamy, Ramu (author), Italia, John (author), Decongelio, Marc (author), Anderson, Karen (author), and Rutgers State University
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2000-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C27430
Notes:
Posted at http://dafre.rutgers.edu/documents/ramu/organicproduction.pdf
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