Cotton fertilizers: Kind and amount needed for best production studied in field tests
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D. S. MikkelsenAuthor Affiliations
D. S. Mikkelsen is Assistant Agronomist, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 7(5):5-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v007n05p5. May 1953.
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Abstract
Nitrogen fertilization increased cotton yield in a series of experiments designed to determine the kind of fertilizer and—specifically—the amount of nitrogen necessary for maximum production on soils of the San Joaquín Valley.
Mikkelsen D. 1953. Cotton fertilizers: Kind and amount needed for best production studied in field tests. Hilgardia 7(5):5-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v007n05p5
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